# NBA 2022-23 Season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [October 16, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311 "2022-10-16T00:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/242 "2023-05-22T14:07:00Z")
Very nice. I remember a tennis player who had the rare path where he was going to have to go through Federer, Djokovic, _and_ Nadal. I forget who, but he actually made it past one or two of them. Talk about a perfect storm of impossibility. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/243 "2023-05-22T14:17:18Z")
+1 (and extra characters to meet minimum requirements and such) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/244 "2023-05-22T14:31:25Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > Hey, why? I’m not following the sport well enough to understand. Were they not very good? > > They were a play in team, basically weren’t even supposed to make the playoffs. They actually lost the first play in game to the Hawks. So far they’ve beat Milwaukee who had the best record in the league and they are about to beat Boston who had the second best. If they beat Denver in the finals that is pretty much facing the three best teams in the league as a massive underdog. Is there anything else to explain their playoffs success as the #8 seed? Like for example, a late season acquisition, or a long-injured player(s) who returned late in the season? Or is it simply that Spoelstra is taking an 8-seeded team and out-coaching everyone else so far? I have not followed them that closely this season. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/245 "2023-05-22T14:39:46Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Is there anything else to explain their playoffs success as the #8 seed? Like for example, a late season acquisition, or a long-injured player(s) who returned late in the season? Or is it simply that Spoelstra is taking an 8-seeded team and out-coaching everyone else so far? I have not followed them that closely this season. No, if anything they should be doing worse as they lost Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo to season ending injuries early in the first round, and they are basically the second and third best players on the team. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/246 "2023-05-22T14:44:48Z")
Herro [could be back for the FInals](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10076840-heat-rumors-tyler-herro-has-brace-removed-from-hand-injury-not-cleared-to-shoot). ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/247 "2023-05-22T14:46:37Z")
Bringing back a shooter with a broken wrist early does not seem like a great idea. Even he can play there is no way he’ll be 100% and the team is obviously doing fine without him. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/248 "2023-05-22T14:51:07Z")
Not to be pedantic, but Herro fractured a couple of metacarpals (right hand bones), not his wrist. Whether he can be effective on coming back for the Finals is another matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/249 "2023-05-22T16:21:05Z")
Carmelo Anthony, the player my Pistons didn’t draft for some reason, just retired. He did not play this season from what I am seeing? I still can NOT believe Detroit didn’t take him in the draft. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/250 "2023-05-22T16:31:55Z")
Was that when they took Darko? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/251 "2023-05-22T16:44:53Z")
Yes, and the next three picks were Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/252 "2023-05-22T17:14:06Z")
It’s pretty impressive when 40% of your result comes from undrafted players. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/253 "2023-05-22T18:10:50Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Was that when they took Darko? Yes. It was stunning and probably, on a magical level, why the Pistons don’t get good draft numbers now. With Carmelo Anthony, who knows if the Pistons could have become dominant. We still might have had a lot of other great players that we did. I mean, the Pistons did win one championship after that draft. Ben Wallace, Ricky Hamilton, Tashaun Prince. But Carmelo could have been a franchise player and the best Piston since Isiah Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/254 "2023-05-22T18:39:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > It was stunning and probably, on a magical level, why the Pistons don’t get good draft numbers now. They just had a first pick a couple years ago 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/255 "2023-05-23T03:16:48Z")
Lakers get swept. Wow. Pretty ignominious ending for LeBron. Come on, Celtics. I don’t want to see Miami in the finals. I hate Miami. It’s in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/256 "2023-05-23T03:28:47Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Come on, Celtics. I don’t want to see Miami in the finals. Pretty tall order. Especially since no NBA team has ever come back down 0-3. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/257 "2023-05-23T03:41:16Z")
Have any teams down by three made it to game seven? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/258 "2023-05-23T03:43:20Z")
They can take inspiration from their sports brethren, the 2004 Red Sox. No baseball team ever came back from 3-0 down in the ALCS before they shut the Yankees up. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/259 "2023-05-23T03:54:43Z")
In any given sport, I always root for the team that has never won a championship, or hasn’t won it in a long time, to win it all. Couple of years ago it was the Bucks, now this is the Nuggs’ year. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/260 "2023-05-23T03:56:05Z")
I can’t recall which series, but yes, there was once an NBA playoff series where it was 0-3, then 3-3, but the team that first led 3-0 did eventually win the Game Seven. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/261 "2023-05-23T04:38:42Z")
A very impressive sweep by Denver. And to hang in there in the first half given LeBron’s half was strong for them. And then their 3rd was crazy. I’m happy for Nuggets fans. And for the organization. They will be a force in the finals. One sweep down, one to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=14)