# 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:** 19
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/362 "2023-06-14T02:32:40Z")
Now if CWebb had called that nonexistent timeout in the clinching game of an NBA finals, that might be up there. Or down there as the case may be. When I think of NBA finals, I think they’re more about excellent performances than they are about gaffes. But I’m no history expert. Example: MJ’s drive to the hoop against the Lakers, then switches hands. Or his flu game. I’m sure there are many more. Like Jokić‘s entire series. Or maybe even McHale’s clothesline tackle of Rambis (but, that’s not really excellence of skills is it?). My goodness that was 39 years ago. I feel old. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hNWBfs7v_tY/hqdefault.jpg "Kevin McHale clotheslined Kurt Rambis in the 1984 NBA Finals! 😱") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNWBfs7v_tY) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/363 "2023-06-14T11:47:08Z")
It’s a lot harder to define a seven game series by one single moment. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/364 "2023-06-14T12:26:26Z")
Still, that Bill Buckner error kind of did. Very famous as a huge blunder with disastrous resutls. I remember when the Detroit Red Wings absolutely destroyed, I think, Patrick Roy on the other team(Avalanche??). They scores something like four goals in the first period. It wasn’t a moment, but it became a clear series of moments that absolutely cost one team. What am I remembering here? Late 90’s? Possibly one of Detroit’s Stanley Cup runs. I think it was Patrick Roy, not the goalie you’d expect to get blown away. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/365 "2023-06-14T13:00:53Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Miami is coming off a number of tough series, going from sea level to mile high; they wanted no part of the paint against a man-for-man taller team. After Denver swept the Lakers ( 🤣), they had nine days off while the Heat went a brutal seven games against Boston. Had to be a factor. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/366 "2023-06-14T13:11:56Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Still, that Bill Buckner error kind of did. Very famous as a huge blunder with disastrous resutls. No kidding. The Mandela effect at work: most people will tell you that play lost the series for the Red Sox. That play lost game 6. The Mets won the whole enchilada in Game 7 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/367 "2023-06-14T13:18:37Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > No kidding. The Mandela effect at work: most people will tell you that play lost the series for the Red Sox. That play lost game 6. The Mets won the whole enchilada in Game 7 I do remember. It’s kind of like when the Soviet Union lost to the USA…who still had to go play the Gold Medal match. I wonder how the “Miracle on Ice” would be remembered if the US got Silver? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/368 "2023-06-14T13:31:26Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > It’s a lot harder to define a seven game series by one single moment. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Still, that Bill Buckner error kind of did. Very famous as a huge blunder with disastrous resutls. By that point the Boston bullpen had already given up the tying runs. The series could have been defined by that collapse, or the failure of the Red Sox to hold a 3-0 lead going into the sixth inning of game 7. The “disaster” was on the heads of multiple players. Anyway, congratulations to Denver. I was getting tired of the Miraculous Men of Miami. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/369 "2023-06-14T14:38:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Still, that Bill Buckner error kind of did. Very famous as a huge blunder with disastrous resutls. Not wanting to hijack the thread, but that error allowed the winning run to score in Game 6. Had Buckner made the play, the game would have continued into the 11th inning. Most people forget that the Mets had two out, nobody on, down two runs in the inning. But three singles plated a run, and a wild pitch allowed the tying run to score before Buckner’s error. Then in Game 7, the Red Sox had a 3-0 lead in the sixth inning before the Mets rallied. My point is that, while Buckner’s error was the most egregious, his wasn’t the only failing on the team. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/370 "2023-06-14T22:08:07Z")
And there were other reasons why the Red Sox lost game 6. Not just Buckner. But that’s who is usually remembered. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/371 "2023-06-14T22:11:10Z")
Here is the night the Red Wings absolutely destroyed Patrick Roy. Red Wings won the game 7-0. > **[Au Rev-Roy! Remembering the night Detroit Red Wings destroyed hated Colorado...](https://sports.yahoo.com/au-rev-roy-remembering-night-132906772.html)** > > Detroit Red Wings rain goals on Colorado Avalanche and goalie Patrick Roy, en route to a 7-0 beatdown in Game 7 of the West finals They scored SIX times in only their first 16 shots. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/372 "2023-06-14T22:12:08Z")
I didn’t see your post when I posted my previous. True that. But also other reasons they lost game 6. As is usual. It’s usually not just one thing. But sometimes one thing comes at a critical juncture in the game. Buckner knows this painfully well. As do we. But wasn’t it great that the Red Sox and Boston forgave him in 2004 when they finally won it all? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/373 "2023-06-14T22:30:59Z")
Yeah, the guy had a .289 BA and averaged 78 ribbies over a 22-year career. But he’s remembered for one error. Back to the NBA, rookie Christian Braun became just the fifth man to win an NCAA championship and an NBA title in back-to-back seasons. Braun was a starter for the Kansas Jayhawks last season, and a key performer off the bench this season for the Nuggets. The other four guys: Bill Russell, 1956-1957, San Francisco Dons, Boston Celtics Henry Bibby, 1972-1973, UCLA Bruins, New York Knicks Magic Johnson, 1979-1980, Michigan State Spartans, Los Angeles Lakers Billy Thompson, 1986-1987, Louisville Cardinals, Los Angeles Lakers ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/374 "2023-06-14T23:02:14Z")
Braun also won three state championships. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/375 "2023-06-15T00:14:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Or maybe even McHale’s clothesline tackle of Rambis Best basketball moment ever. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/376 "2023-06-15T13:03:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Buckner knows this painfully well. Not anymore, considering he’s been dead the last few years. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/377 "2023-06-16T03:14:20Z")
Remember when Conor McGregor punched the Heat mascot during Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami and sent him to the emergency room? Turns out he may have committed _another_ crime while he was there. This one, far worse. > **[McGregor accused of sexual assault at NBA game](https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/37859829/conor-mcgregor-accused-sexually-assaulting-woman-nba-finals-game)** > > UFC star Conor McGregor has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman during an NBA Finals game in Miami, according to legal letters obtained by ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/378 "2023-06-16T14:41:15Z")
Michael Jordan is selling the Hornets to businessmen Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall. Jordan was the league’s lone Black majority owner. They’ve been one of the worst teams in the league during his tenure. > **[Sources: MJ finalizing Hornets sale after 13 years](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37863644/sources-michael-jordan-finalizing-charlotte-hornets-sale)** > > Michael Jordan is finalizing the sale of the Charlotte Hornets, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Hall of Fame player had been the NBA's only Black majority owner. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/379 "2023-06-16T21:01:40Z")
Ja Morant has been suspended for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season. > **[NBA bans Morant 25 games for 'reckless' conduct](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37863825/sources-grizzlies-ja-morant-suspended-25-games-nba)** > > The NBA has suspended Grizzlies star Ja Morant for 25 games to start the 2023-24 season due to his 'reckless and irresponsible behavior with guns.' ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/380 "2023-06-16T21:52:46Z")
That is a significant suspension, and yet less than people expected. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311/381 "2023-06-17T02:19:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Michael Jordan is selling the Hornets to businessmen Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall. Jordan was the league’s lone Black majority owner. They’ve been one of the worst teams in the league during his tenure. Jordan has been majority owner for 13 years and the Bobcats/Hornets have had zero playoff wins in that time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311.md?page=20)