2023 NBA playoffs scores, results: Heat avoid reverse sweep vs. Celtics, advance to face Nuggets in NBA Finals
We have arrived at the NBA Finals. The Miami Heat punched their ticket to the championship round on Monday night, completing one of the most improbable runs in a conference finals by winning the first three games, losing the next three and then getting a 19-point win as the road team. After the Boston Celtics tied the series at three game apiece, the conventional wisdom was that the NBA would see the first team in league history comeback to win a seven-game series after losing the first three contests. But the 8-seed Heat won Game 7, convincingly, 103–84, and denied the Celtics the opportunity to be that squad.
Instead the Celtics became the 151st team to fail to take a series once falling into an 0–3 hole. The Heat will now head to Denver to face the Nuggets, who swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Game 1 is set for Thursday night.
Trying to keep up with the NBA playoffs? We have the latest results, as well as series-by-series schedules and streaming info below.
All times listed are Eastern. Games on ESPN and ABC can be streamed on fubo (try for free).
NBA Finals schedule
№1 Nuggets vs. №8 Heat
June 1: Heat at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
June 4: Heat at Nuggets, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)
June 7: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
June 9: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
June 12: Heat at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)*
June 15: Nuggets at Heat, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)*
June 18: Heat at Nuggets, 8 p.m. ET (ABC)*
Eastern Conference finals results
№2 Celtics vs. №8 Heat (Miami wins 4–3)
Game 1: Heat 123, Celtics 116
Game 2: Heat 111, Celtics 105
Game 3: Heat 128, Celtics 102
Game 4: Celtics 116, Heat 99
Game 5: Celtics 110, Heat 97
Game 6: Celtics 104, Heat 103
Game 7: Heat 103, Celtics 84
Western Conference finals results
№1 Nuggets vs. №7 Lakers (Denver wins 4–0)
Game 1: Nuggets 132, Lakers 126
Game 2: Nuggets 108, Lakers 103
Game 3: Nuggets 119, Lakers 109
Game 4: Nuggets 113, Lakers 111
Eastern Conference second-round results
№5 Knicks vs. №8 Heat (Miami wins 4–2)
Game 1: Heat 108, Knicks 101
Game 2: Knicks 111, Heat 105
Game 3: Heat 105, Knicks 86
Game 4: Heat 109, Knicks 101
Game 5: Knicks 112, Heat 103
Game 6: Heat 96, Knicks 92
№2 Celtics vs. №3 76ers (Boston wins 4–3)
Game 1: 76ers 119, Celtics 115
Game 2: Celtics 121, 76ers 87
Game 3: Celtics 114, 76ers 102
Game 4: 76ers 116, Celtics 115 (OT)
Game 5: 76ers 115, Celtics 103
Game 6: Celtics 95, 76ers 86
Game 7: Celtics 112, 76ers 88
Western Conference second-round results
№1 Nuggets vs. №4 Suns (Denver wins 4–2)
Game 1: Nuggets 125, Suns 107
Game 2: Nuggets 97, Suns 87
Game 3: Suns 121, Nuggets 114
Game 4: Suns 129, Nuggets 124
Game 5: Nuggets 118, Suns 102
Game 6: Nuggets 125, Suns 100
№6 Warriors vs. №7 Lakers (Los Angeles wins 4–2)
Game 1: Lakers 117, Warriors 112
Game 2: Warriors 127, Lakers 100
Game 3: Lakers 127, Warriors 97
Game 4: Lakers 104, Warriors 101
Game 5: Warriors 121, Lakers 106
Game 6: Lakers 122, Warriors 101
First-round results
№1 Bucks vs. №8 Heat (Miami wins 4–1)
Game 1: Heat 130, Bucks 117
Game 2: Bucks 138, Heat 122
Game 3: Heat 121, Bucks 99
Game 4: Heat 119, Bucks 114
Game 5: Heat 128, Bucks 126 (OT)
№2 Celtics vs. №7 Hawks (Boston wins 4–2)
Game 1: Celtics 112, Hawks 99
Game 2: Celtics 119, Hawks 106
Game 3: Hawks 130, Celtics 122
Game 4: Celtics 129, Hawks 101
Game 5: Hawks 119, Celtics 117
Game 6: Celtics 128, Hawks 120
№3 76ers vs. №6 Nets (Philadelphia wins 4–0)
Game 1: 76ers 121, Nets 101
Game 2: 76ers 96, Nets 84
Game 3: 76ers 102, Nets 97
Game 4: 76ers 96, Nets 88
№4 Cavaliers vs. №5 Knicks (New York wins 4–1)
Game 1: Knicks 101, Cavaliers 97
Game 2: Cavaliers 107, Knicks 90
Game 3: Knicks 99, Cavaliers 79
Game 4: Knicks 102, Cavaliers 93
Game 5: Knicks 106, Cavaliers 95
Game 1: Nuggets 109, Timberwolves 80
Game 2: Nuggets 122, Timberwolves 113
Game 3: Nuggets 120, Timberwolves 111
Game 4: Timberwolves 114, Nuggets 108 (OT)
Game 5: Nuggets 112, Timberwolves 109
№2 Grizzlies vs. №7 Lakers (Los Angeles wins 4–2)
Game 1: Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112
Game 2: Grizzlies 103, Lakers 93
Game 3: Lakers 111, Grizzlies 101
Game 4: Lakers 117, Grizzlies 111 (OT)
Game 5: Grizzlies 116, Lakers 99
Game 6: Lakers 125, Grizzlies 85
№3 Kings vs. №6 Warriors (Golden State wins 4–3)
Game 1: Kings 126, Warriors 123
Game 2: Kings 114, Warriors 106
Game 3: Warriors 114, Kings 97
Game 4: Warriors 126, Kings 125
Game 5: Warriors 123, Kings 116
Game 6: Kings 118, Warriors 99
Game 7: Warriors 120, Kings 100
№4 Suns vs. №5 Clippers (Phoenix wins 4–1)
Game 1: Clippers 115, Suns 110
Game 2: Suns 123, Clippers 109
Game 3: Suns 129, Clippers 124
Game 4: Suns 112, Clippers 100
Game 5: Suns 136, Clippers 130
