# 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:** 15
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/282 "2023-05-23T21:06:57Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > > > I have heard reports about LeBron showing poor sportsmanship at the end of the game. > > I watched the game and also watched for several minutes after the game ended. I don’t remember anything of the sort; I do remember LeBron congratulating Jokic with a hug. But I then turned to another channel, so I didn’t see everything. His hug of Jokic was very brief. He wasn’t happy, understandably. But I would not call it poor sportsmanship. He paid his respects, albeit briefly. His post game interview, and I watched the whole thing even though I usually don’t, was poignant and he spoke to Jokic’s greatness. With Carmelo’s retirement hanging in the air, and LeBron said that he shot that video a week ago so he knew Carmelo was going to retire but he didn’t know the exact day (his words), he was kind of assessing his overall career. He stopped short of saying the word retirement but that hung in the air. Anyway, not poor sportsmanship. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/283 "2023-05-24T01:16:30Z")
Only thing I’ve seen is [this](https://streamable.com/dguol7). I don’t know what led up to it, but I’d argue Gordon is ejected if it happens the opposite way, instead of offsetting technicals. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/284 "2023-05-24T02:41:57Z")
A sweep clearly isn’t going to happen. But if it had, would Miami have been the first 8# seed to sweep a 2#-or-higher seed in the conference finals? Surprisingly dominant performance by a lowest-in-the-conference seed. ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/285 "2023-05-24T04:21:07Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Only thing I’ve seen is [this](https://streamable.com/dguol7). I don’t know what led up to it, but I’d argue Gordon is ejected if it happens the opposite way, instead of offsetting technicals. It was a physical game. Gordon’s defense on LeBron was good, but only in the second half. LeBron torched him in the first half. He torched the whole team. I didn’t have a problem with that incident. I thought it was entirely in the spirit of a physical game. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/286 "2023-05-24T13:52:19Z")
I ran across [this](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-teams-down-3-0-come-back/ubzgztmp42atpvc8n6o5ntku) article yesterday, before Boston beat Miami. Thought it was interesting. > Since the NBA Playoffs began, 149 teams have faced a 3-0 series deficit in a seven-game postseason series. Of those teams, 14 have won at least two games while three have won three straight games to force a decisive Game 7. None have come back to win the series. ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/287 "2023-05-25T15:47:56Z")
Sorry if this has been posted already, but would this be the first NBA Finals in which a 1# seed goes up against an 8# seed? ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/288 "2023-05-25T17:19:22Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > would this be the first NBA Finals in which a 1# seed goes up against an 8# seed? Surprisingly, no. In 1998-1999, the NBA played a strike-shortened 50 game schedule. The Spurs finished as the #1 seed in the West, although they had the same record as the Jazz. San Antonio won the Western Conference playoff and advanced to the Finals. In the East, the Knicks finished as the #8 seed, although they were only six games behind the #1 seed. (3 teams tied for the best record in the conference.) The won the East playoff and went to the Finals. The Spurs defeated the Knicks 4 games to 1 in the Finals and won the championship, ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/289 "2023-05-25T17:23:56Z")
Ah yes, the late Nineties, when the Heat-Knicks rivalry often looked more like WWE than NBA. (The Knicks upset the #1 Heat that year, which is why I bring it up). ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/290 "2023-05-25T17:37:11Z")
Ahh yes, the late 90s. When MJ stepped away to let another team win it all for a couple of seasons. ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/291 "2023-05-25T19:37:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > the late 90s. When MJ stepped away to let another team win it all for a couple of seasons. MJ and the Bulls won championships in 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98. Houston won it in 94 and 95. ---
**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 26, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/292 "2023-05-26T05:21:10Z")
Yup, without MJ retiring, it would have been an 8-championships-in-a-row streak for the Bulls. As a Houstonite I am glad he did. Back to thread topic, I hate the Celtics but am glad to see them making the series interesting. ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/293 "2023-05-26T09:39:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > the late 90s. When MJ stepped away to let another team win it all for a couple of seasons. > > MJ and the Bulls won championships in 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98. Houston won it in 94 and 95. Thanks for that. I was going by memory and thought it was the Spurs who won the two. But it was the Rockets. The Spurs did win it in ’99, though, so I was close. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/294 "2023-05-26T16:50:18Z")
ESPN is reporting that LeBron will complete his contract with the Lakers, which has one more season remaining. I didn’t think he was going to retire, but from the post game interview you could tell that he was contemplating it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/295 "2023-05-27T19:18:54Z")
Seemed like a way to get people talking about anything besides getting swept. I think it is pretty much a given that he will stick around to hopefully play with his son. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/296 "2023-05-27T22:47:17Z")
I hope “Inside The NBA” survives another game! I fast-forward 90% of the games, but watch every second of the pre/post-game show, mostly for Barkley and Shaq. ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/297 "2023-05-28T00:04:40Z")
I need subtitles for Shaq. His voice is so monotone and low frequency it just comes through as a hum to me. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/298 "2023-05-28T03:13:07Z")
Quite a game in Miami! I didn’t think the Heat could pull ahead, and still White forces the final. Announcer said this is the fourth time that a team has come back from three to force a seventh game. Boston is strong at home. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/299 "2023-05-28T03:16:11Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I didn’t think the Heat had it in ‘em. Not quite enough. Needed to box out on that last shot and didn’t. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/300 "2023-05-28T03:16:19Z")
Holy shee-it. What a finish. I almost posted when the Celtics were up by ten that it was looking good, but I decided not to jinx it. It’s going to be a tall order for Miami to win a game 7 in Boston; it could be historic. ---
**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 28, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/301 "2023-05-28T03:17:40Z")
Surely close to 50-50. Great last ten minutes. Shoulda known better to post with two seconds left, but quickly edited. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=16)