• The NBA and NBPA announced a pension plan for former
ABA players who played at least three seasons in the league. • The Board of Governors approved the permanent adoption of the
NBA play-in tournament that had been in place for the previous two seasons. Previously, the Board approved the tournament on a season-by-season basis. • The league instituted a new penalty for the "take foul". The offensive team will be allotted one free throw and retain possession with this penalty in place. The defensive player who commits the foul will be assessed one common
personal foul. Previously, the penalty was a common personal foul on the offending player in addition to a side out for the offensive team if they were not in the bonus. • Following the death of 11-time champion
Bill Russell, the NBA permanently retired the number 6 across the league, the first time a player's number has been retired across the league. However, players who had the number 6 beforehand can keep their number unless they voluntarily change it or retire. • The NBA honored Russell with a jersey patch. Every team wore a commemorative patch on the right sleeve of their jerseys. Every NBA court honored Russell with a clover-shaped logo featuring the No. 6 on the sideline. • On September 13, 2022, the NBA and WNBA suspended
Phoenix Suns owner
Robert Sarver for one year after an independent investigation determined that he used the
n-word multiple times,
sexually harassed and
assaulted multiple male and female employees, and engaged in demeaning behavior towards employees. • On September 21, Sarver announced he was exploring selling both the Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury franchises. • A record 23 Canadians appeared on opening-night rosters, marking the ninth consecutive season of Canada being the second-most represented country in the NBA. • On October 19, 2022,
Walker Kessler of the
Utah Jazz became the first player to record a double-double, with 12 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 100% (5/5) in his rookie debut. • On October 22, 2022,
Paolo Banchero of the
Orlando Magic became the first teenager to score 20 points or more in his first three games. This streak ended on his 7th game, where he scored 18 points on October 30, 2022. • On October 25, 2022, the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns set a record for the most combined technical fouls (7) in a quarter (3rd) • On October 28, 2022,
DeMar DeRozan became the 50th player to score 20,000 points. • On October 31, 2022,
Kevin Durant passed
Vince Carter for 19th place on the all-time scoring list. • On November 3, 2022,
Nikola Jokic recorded the most turnovers (7) in a quarter since tracking began 2016-17 • On November 4, 2022,
Luka Dončić became the second NBA player to score 30 or more points in the first eight games of a season, joining
Wilt Chamberlain. • On November 4, 2022, the
Golden State Warriors became the first defending champion to start the season 0–6 on the road. • In commemoration of
Election Day in the United States, the league did not schedule regular season games on November 8. The league, in turn, scheduled a full slate of games on November 7 with all 30 teams in action, with a unique schedule that saw staggered tip-offs every 15 minutes. The NBA
mobile app aired commercial-free whiparound coverage on
NBA CrunchTime. • On November 7, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers set the record for the worst 3-point field goal percentage in any four-game span (min. 125 attempts) in NBA history • On November 11, 2022,
Stephen Curry became the first player with 40 points, five 3-pointers, 65% field goal percentage in consecutive games • On November 13, 2022,
Joel Embiid became the first player in NBA history to record 50+ points, 10+ rebounds, 5+ assists, and 5+ blocks in a game. He scored a career high 59 points along with 11 rebounds, eight assists, and seven blocks in a 105–98 victory over the
Utah Jazz, with 26 points and five blocks coming in the fourth quarter. • On December 10, 2022, former player and coach
Paul Silas, the father of current
Houston Rockets head coach
Stephen died at the age of 79. • On December 15, 2022, the Denver Nuggets set the record for the most paint points (98) by a team in a game since tracking began in 1998 • On December 20, 2022,
Robert Sarver accepted a deal made by an ownership group led by
United Wholesale Mortgage's CEO
Mat Ishbia and his older brother
Justin Ishbia for a record-high price of $4 billion, breaking a record previously held by
Joe Tsai when he purchased the
Brooklyn Nets from
Mikhail Prokhorov in 2019. • On December 26, 2022,
Duncan Robinson became the fastest player to hit 800 3-pointers. He did so in 263 consecutive games, surpassing the previous record held by
Luka Dončić in 288 games, in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. • On December 27, 2022,
Luka Dončić became the first player in NBA history to record a 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double (60 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists) in a 126–121 comeback overtime victory over the New York Knicks. • On December 29, 2022,
Buddy Hield scored the fastest three point field goal since play-by-play was registered, by doing so in 3 seconds. • On December 31, 2022,
Luka Dončić became the first player in NBA history to record 250 points, 50 rebounds, and 50 assists in a five game span. • On January 2, 2023,
Donovan Mitchell became the seventh player in NBA history to score 70 or more points in a single game. He had 71 points, 11 assists, and eight rebounds in a win over the
Chicago Bulls. He also became the first player in NBA history to score at least 70 points and record at least 10 assists. • On January 10, 2023, the
Miami Heat went 40 for 40 from the free throw line in a win against the
Oklahoma City Thunder, breaking the record (39 for 39) set by the
Utah Jazz in 1982. • On January 13, 2023, the
San Antonio Spurs set a regular season single-game attendance record with 68,323 people at the
Alamodome in a 144–113 loss against the Golden State Warriors. • On January 15, 2023,
LeBron James became the second player in NBA history to score 38,000 career points. • On January 24, 2023,
LeBron James became the first player to score 40 points against all 30 NBA teams with a 46-point performance against the
Los Angeles Clippers. • On January 25, 2023,
Damian Lillard posted the highest true shooting percentage (89.8%) in a 60-point performance (21/29 total FG and 9/15 from three) in NBA history • On January 31, 2023,
Russell Westbrook surpassed
Gary Payton for number 10 on the all-time assists list. • On January 31, 2023,
LeBron James became the first player to have a triple-double in his 20th season, accumulating 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 129–123 overtime win over the
New York Knicks. • On February 6, 2023, the NBA's Board of Governors held a vote approving the sale of the
Phoenix Suns to
Mat Ishbia, with a 29–0 unanimous vote approving the sale, with only
Dan Gilbert of the
Cleveland Cavaliers abstaining from the vote. The move was then made official a day later. • On February 6, 2023,
Klay Thompson tied the NBA record for most 3-point field goals made (12) in a game without a free throw attempt • On February 7, 2023,
LeBron James surpassed
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time leading scorer in NBA history in a game versus the
Oklahoma City Thunder with a fadeaway jumpshot over
Kenrich Williams. • On February 11, 2023,
Jayson Tatum (24 years, 344 days) became the youngest to reach 1,000 3-point field goals made in NBA history • On February 24, 2023, the
Sacramento Kings and
Los Angeles Clippers competed in the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. The Kings defeated the Clippers 176–175 in double-overtime at the
Crypto.com Arena. • On February 26, 2023,
Damian Lillard became the eighth player in NBA history to score 70 or more points in a single game, and the oldest to do so at the age of 32. He had 71 points, six rebounds and six assists, in a win over the
Houston Rockets. He made 13 three-pointers, one shy of the NBA record. He is the only player in NBA history to score at least 70 points while making at least 10 three-pointers. • On March 2, 2023, Damian Lillard broke a 25-year old Michael Jordan record for most 40-point games in a season at age 32 or older • On March 29, 2023,
Keegan Murray of the
Sacramento Kings passed Donovan Mitchell (187), to record the most 3-pointers made for a rookie in a single season in NBA history with 188. He made this feat in a winning effort, 120–80 against the
Portland Trail Blazers, as well as clinching their playoff berth after 16 seasons. Subsequently, on April 4, 2023, the No. 4 overall pick in the
2022 NBA draft recorded his 200th 3-pointers, in a 121–103 victory against the
New Orleans Pelicans. • On April 3, 2023, Lauri Markkanen became the first player to make 100 dunks and 200 3-pointers in a season • On April 9, 2023, the Miami Heat set the record for the most bench points (111) by a team in a game • On April 9, 2023, the Golden State Warriors set the record for the most points scored in the first quarter with 55 in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers. • For the first time since the
2000–01 NBA season, no team won 60 games in a full 82-game regular season. • All three Texas teams missed the playoffs in the same season for the first time ever, after the Mavericks were eliminated by losing to the
Chicago Bulls on April 7, 2023. • With the Lakers winning their play-in game against the
Minnesota Timberwolves on April 11, 2023, all four California teams qualified for the playoffs in the same season for the first time ever. • For the sixth time in history, an eight-seeded team defeated a first-seeded team in the first round of the playoffs when the
Miami Heat defeated the
Milwaukee Bucks in five games. The Heat also became the first play-in team to win a playoff series. • The
Los Angeles Lakers became the second play-in team and first seventh seed in the play-in tournament era to win a playoff series after defeating the
Memphis Grizzlies in six games. • On May 28, 2023, the NBA opened an investigation into referee
Eric Lewis for using a burner Twitter account. • On June 7, 2023,
Udonis Haslem, aged 42 years, 363 days became the oldest player to play in the
NBA Finals, surpassing the previous record held by
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in
1989. •
LeBron James set multiple NBA records by averaging the most points (28.9 ppg), rebounds (8.3 rpg), assists (6.8 apg), minutes (35.5 mpg) and field goals (1,219 total) in 20th season or later • The Golden State Warriors set the record for the most 3-point field goals made (1,363) by a team in a season • All five teams from the Pacific Division qualified for the playoffs, marking the third instance every team in a division qualified for the playoffs since the NBA adopted the current six division format in 2004–05. Previously, all five teams from the Central Division during the 2005–06 season and the Southwest Division during the 2014–15 season qualified for the playoffs. • On October 23, 2025, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation announced arrests for
match fixing that involved four 2022–23 season NBA games as part of the
2025 NBA illegal gambling prosecution. The affected games were Milwaukee at Los Angeles Lakers (February 9, 2023), Charlotte at New Orleans (March 23, 2023), Chicago at Portland (March 24, 2023), and Cleveland at Orlando (April 6, 2023). ==Attendance==