When Is The NBA Coming Back? Scheduled Dates For Seeding Games, Playoffs, 2020 Finals In Disney

Three months after the 2019-2020 NBA season was suspended, there is an official schedule for basketball to return. The league is set to resume this summer in Orlando, Florida with the top 22 teams vying for their chance to compete for the championship.

When is the NBA coming back? Games are scheduled to resume on July 30, one day earlier than had previously been reported.

All 22 teams will play eight games at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to determine the playoff bracket. Six of the eight postseason berths in each conference have already been clinched.

A 21-day training camp will start on July 9 and end on July 29. After a four-month hiatus, teams will prepare for meaningful games to resume with three intersquad scrimmages, according to ESPN.

According to reports, the regular-season games—or “seeding” games as the league is calling them—will last for 16 days until Aug. 14. If the No.8 seed and No.9 seed in a conference are separated by fewer than four games in the final standings, they will go head-to-head in a short play-in tournament from Aug. 15-16.

The playoffs are scheduled to start on Aug. 17. The second round of the postseason is expected to begin on Aug. 31 and conclude no later than Sept. 13. The conference finals are scheduled for Sept. 15-28 with games in each series being played every other day.

The 2020 NBA Finals will start no later than Sept. 30 and end no later than Oct. 13.

All of the dates are subject to change. Adrian Wojnarowski has previously reported that the league could be aggressive in starting playoff rounds earlier than expected if series conclude quickly.

The season was suspended on March 11 when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. Every team has already played between 63 and 67 games,

The eight worst NBA teams won’t compete in the Disney “bubble.”