NBA Playoffs 2023 Round Up, Latest News And Betting Odds

Welcome to our look at how the NBA Playoffs are shaping up, as well as a recap of how the regular season finished!

As always, you can enjoy a wide range of betting across all the remaining NBA Playoff games for this season, as well as all the action next season and beyond with bet365 Sport.

The site offers extensive pre-match betting on all games, as well as extensive In Play betting options for when the matches are in progress and a great selection of outright bets too.

Earlier on in the season we posted our NBA Season Catch Up, which looked at which teams had shone during the regular season so far, and which had disappointed.

We also gave you our predictions for who would finish in the six playoff seeds spot in each of the conferences, as well as the four teams that would enter the Play In tournament.

Let’s see how they compared to the teams that actually did qualify from each conference from the 82-game regular NBA season.

NBA Regular Season Standings Vs My Predictions From December 2022

Outlined in the table below are the final standings for the teams in both Conferences in the NBA, together with my predictions as to whether they would make it into the playoffs or not.

Eastern Conference Regular Season Table

Pos	Team	Record		My Prediction
1	Milwaukee Bucks	58-24	√	Seed
2	Boston Celtics	57-25	√	Seed
3	Philadelphia 76ers	54-28	√	Seed
4	Cleveland Cavaliers	51-31	√	Seed
5	New York Knicks	47-35	X	Play In
6	Brooklyn Nets	45-37	√	Seed
7	Miami Heat	44-38	√	Play In
8	Atlanta Hawks	41-41	X	Seed
9	Toronto Raptors	41-41	X	Miss Out
10	Chicago Bulls	40-42	X	Miss Out
11	Indiana Pacers	35-47	X	Play In
12	Washington Wizards	35-47	X	Play In
13	Orlando Magic	34-48	√	Miss Out
14	Charlotte Hornets	27-55	√	Miss Out
15	Detroit Pistons	17-65	√	Miss Out

• Eastern Conference – Correct Predictions – 9/15

Western Conference Regular Season Table

Pos	Team	Record		My Prediction
1	Denver Nuggets	53-29	√	Seed
2	Memphis Grizzlies	51-31	√	Seed
3	Sacramento Kings	48-34	X	Play In
4	Phoenix Suns	45-37	√	Seed
5	Los Angeles Clippers	44-38	X	Play In
6	Golden State Warriors	44-38	√	Seed
7	Los Angeles Lakers	43-39	√	Play In
8	Minnesota Timberwolves	42-40	X	Miss Out
9	New Orleans Pelicans	42-40	X	Seed
10	Oklahoma City Thunder	40-42	X	Miss Out
11	Dallas Mavericks	38-44	√	Miss Out
12	Utah Jazz	37-45	X	Seed
13	Portland Trail Blazers	33-49	X	Play In
14	Houston Rockets	22-60	√	Miss Out
15	San Antonio Spurs	22-60	√	Miss Out

• Western Conference – Correct Predictions – 8/15

I hit 17/30 in total of the seeded, play in and Miss Out predictions, which I am a little disappointed with to be truthful. I would have liked to see me hit 2/3 (around 20), but this was a particularly close season with no team winning more than 58 games, so I can accept that this year was a little trickier than those past.

With the Seeds and Play In positions decided, here is how the NBA Playoffs 2023 have shaped up so far, starting with the Play In tournament to decide the 7^th and 8^th seeds in both conferences.

NBA Play In

Eastern Conference

• 7^th v 8^th – Miami Heat 105-116 Atlanta Hawks (Hawks become 7^th seed, Heat go on to eighth seed game)
• 9^th v 10^th – Toronto Raptors 105-109 Chicago Bulls (Raptors Eliminated, Bulls go on to eighth seed game)
• 8^th Seed Game – Miami Heat 102-91 Chicago Bulls (Heat 8^th Seeds, Bulls Eliminated)

Western Conference

• 7^th v 8^th – Los Angeles Lakers 108-102 Minnesota Timberwolves (Lakers become 7^th seed, Timberwolves go on to eighth seed game)
• 9^th v 10^th – New Orleans Pelicans 118-123 Oklahoma City Thunder  (Pelicans Eliminated, Thunder go on to eighth seed game)
• 8^th Seed Game – Minnesota Timberwolves 120-95 Oklahoma City Thunder (Timberwolves 8^th Seeds, Thunder Eliminated)

NBA Playoffs Round 1

Eastern Conference

Philadelphia 76ers (3) v Brooklyn Nets (6)

• Game 1 – Brooklyn Nets 105-134 Philadelphia 76ers (76ers lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Philadelphia 76ers 121-101 Brooklyn Nets (76ers lead 2-0)
• Game 3 – Philadelphia 76ers 96-84 Brooklyn Nets (76ers lead 3-0)
• Game 4 – Brooklyn Nets 88-96 Philadelphia 76ers (76ers win 4-0)

Boston Celtics (2) v Atlanta Hawks (7)

• Game 1 – Boston Celtics 112-99 Atlanta Hawks (Celtics lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Boston Celtics 119-106 Atlanta Hawks (Celtics lead 2-0)
• Game 3 – Atlanta Hawks 130-122 Boston Celtics (Celtics lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – Atlanta Hawks 121-129 Boston Celtics (Celtics lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Boston Celtics 117-119 Atlanta Hawks (Celtics lead 3-2)
• Game 6 – Atlanta Hawks 120-128 Boston Celtics (Celtics win 4-2)

Cleveland Cavaliers (4) v New York Knicks (5)

• Game 1 – Cleveland Cavaliers 97-101 New York Knicks (Knicks lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Cleveland Cavaliers 107-90 New York Knicks (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – New York Knicks 99-79 Cleveland Cavaliers (Knicks lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – New York Knicks 102-93 Cleveland Cavaliers (Knicks lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Cleveland Cavaliers 95-106 New York Knicks (Knicks win 4-1)

Milwaukee Bucks (1) v Miami Heat (8)

Loved the Bucks v Heat scoreboard tonight… tbh it’s actually pretty clean pic.twitter.com/7MgzOdwAp0

— Montie 🏈 (@Lil47Mont) April 27, 2023

• Game 1 – Milwaukee Bucks 117-130 Miami Heat (Heat lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Milwaukee Bucks 138-122 Miami Heat (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – Miami Heat 121-99 Milwaukee Bucks (Heat lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – Miami Heat 119-114 Milwaukee Bucks (Heat lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Milwaukee Bucks 126-128 Miami Heat (Heat win 4-1)

Eastern Conference Playoffs Semi Finals

• Boston Celtics (2) v Philadelphia 76ers (3)
• New York Knicks (5) v Miami Heat (8)

Western Conference

Sacramento Kings (3) v Golden State Warriors (6)

• Game 1 – Sacramento Kings 126-123 Golden State Warriors (Kings lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Sacramento Kings 114-106 Golden State Warriors (Kings lead 2-0)
• Game 3 – Golden State Warriors 114-97 Sacramento Kings (Kings lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – Golden State Warriors 126-125 Sacramento Kings (Series tied 2-2)
• Game 5 – Sacramento Kings 116-125 Golden State Warriors (Warriors lead 3-2)
• Game 6 – Golden State Warriors 99-118 Sacramento Kings (Series tied 3-3)
• Game 7 – Sacramento Kings 100-120 Golden State Warriors (Warriors win 4-3)

Memphis Grizzlies (2) v Los Angeles Lakers (7)

• Game 1 – Memphis Grizzlies 112-128 Los Angeles Lakers (Lakers lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Memphis Grizzlies 103-93 Los Angeles Lakers (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 Memphis Grizzlies (Lakers lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – Los Angeles Lakers 117-111 Memphis Grizzlies (Lakers lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Memphis Grizzlies 116-99 Los Angeles Lakers (Lakers lead 3-2)
• Game 6 – Los Angeles Lakers 125-85 Memphis Grizzlies (Lakers win 4-2)

Phoenix Suns (4) v Los Angeles Clippers (5)

• Game 1 – Phoenix Suns 110-115 Los Angeles Clippers (Clippers lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Phoenix Suns 123-109 Los Angeles Clippers (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – Los Angeles Clippers 124-129 Phoenix Suns (Suns lead 2-1)
• Game 4 – Los Angeles Clippers 100-112 Phoenix Suns (Suns lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Phoenix Suns 136-130 Los Angeles Clippers (Suns win 4-1)

Denver Nuggets (1) v Minnesota Timberwolves (8)

• Game 1 – Denver Nuggets 109-80 Minnesota Timberwolves (Nuggets lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Denver Nuggets 122-113 Minnesota Timberwolves (Nuggets lead 2-0)
• Game 3 – Minnesota Timberwolves 111-120 Denver Nuggets (Nuggets lead 3-0)
• Game 4 – Minnesota Timberwolves 114-108 Denver Nuggets (Nuggets lead 3-1)
• Game 5 – Denver Nuggets 112-109 Minnesota Timberwolves (Nuggets win 4-1)

Western Conference Playoff Semi Finals

• Denver Nuggets (1) v Phoenix Suns (4)
• Golden State Warriors (6) v Los Angeles Lakers (7)

If the favorites finish the job, the second round will look like:

(1) Nuggets v. (4) Suns
(6) Warriors v. (7) Lakers

(2) Celtics v. (3) 76ers
(5) Knicks v. (8) Heat

Inject this into my veins. pic.twitter.com/m7GP8uDDMP

— Jake (@SuperiorNBA) April 27, 2023

NBA Playoff Semi Finals

Outlined below are the results of the Playoff Semi Finals played so far. Games marked with an * are only played if required. All games are best of seven contests.

Eastern Conference Playoffs Semi Finals

Boston Celtics (2) v Philadelphia 76ers (3)

• Boston Celtics 115-119 Philadelphia 76ers (76ers lead 1-0)
• Boston Celtics 121-87 Philadelphia 76ers (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – Philadelphia 76ers v Boston Celtics (Fri 5th May)
• Game 4 – Philadelphia 76ers v Boston Celtics (Sun 7th May)
• Game 5 – Boston Celtics v Philadelphia 76ers (Tue 9^th May)
• Game 6* – Philadelphia 76ers v Boston Celtics (Thu 11th May)
• Game 7* – Boston Celtics v Philadelphia 76ers (Sat 13^th May)

New York Knicks (5) v Miami Heat (8)

• New York Knicks 101-108 Miami Heat (Heat lead 1-0)
• New York Knicks 111-105 Miami Heat (Series tied 1-1)
• Game 3 – Miami Heat v New York Knicks (Sat 6th May)
• Game 4 – Miami Heat v New York Knicks (Mon 8th May)
• Game 5 – New York Knicks v Miami Heat (Tue 9^th May)
• Game 6* – Miami Heat v New York Knicks (Fri 12th May)
• Game 7* – New York Knicks v Miami Heat (Mon 16^th May)

Western Conference Playoff Semi Finals

Denver Nuggets (1) v Phoenix Suns (4)

• Denver Nuggets 125-107 Phoenix Suns (Nuggets lead 1-0)
• Denver Nuggets 97-87 Phoenix Suns (Nuggets lead 2-0)
• Game 3 – Phoenix Suns v Denver Nuggets (Fri 5^th May)
• Game 4 – Phoenix Suns v Denver Nuggets (Sun 7^th May)
• Game 5* – Denver Nuggets v Phoenix Suns (Mon 8^th May)
• Game 6* – Phoenix Suns v Denver Nuggets (Wed 10^th May)
• Game 7* – Denver Nuggets v Phoenix Suns (Sat 13^th May)

Golden State Warriors (6) v Los Angeles Lakers (7)

• Golden State Warriors 112-117 Los Angeles Lakers (Lakers lead 1-0)
• Game 2 – Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers (Thu 4^th May)
• Game 3 – Los Angeles Lakers v Golden State Warriors (Sat 6^th May)
• Game 4 – Los Angeles Lakers v Golden State Warriors (Mon 8^th May)
• Game 5* – Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers (Tue 9^th May)
• Game 6* – Los Angeles Lakers v Golden State Warriors (Thu 11^th May)
• Game 7* – Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers (Sat 13^th May)

Latest Betting With Bet365 Sport

The latest betting on who will win the Eastern and Western Conferences are as follows:

Eastern Conference

• Boston Celtics – 20/31 favs
• Philadelphia 76ers – 16/5
• New York Knicks – 7/1
• Miami Heat – 15/2

Western Conference

• Denver Nuggets 13/10 favs
• Los Angeles Lakers – 12/5
• Golden State Warriors – 7/2
• Phoenix Suns – 13/2

And the odds for each team to win the NBA Finals are as follows:

NBA Finals Winner Odds

• Boston Celtics – 33/20 favs
• Denver Nuggets – 4/1
• Los Angeles Lakers – 5/1
• Golden State Warriors – 7/1
• Philadelphia 76ers – 8/1
• Phoenix Suns – 12/1
• New York Knicks – 18/1
• Miami Heat – 25/1

Check out the latest betting on all the playoff games taking place across the forthcoming weeks at bet365 Sport now!