The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals over the Miami Heat. This year's title was the Nuggets' first one in franchise history. The Milwaukee Bucks finished the regular season with the overall best record of 58–24, five games better than the Nuggets, who took the top seed in the West and were also widely considered as one of the title favourites. Further contenders were the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers with reigning MVP Joel Embiid and the Memphis Grizzlies, who finished the regular season as the second-seeded team in the Western Conference for the second consecutive year.