The NBA released their regular game schedule to finish the remaining games, also known as the seeding games at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
In fact, it was announced in early June that the teams were returning to practice. To read more about the return of this beloved sport; be sure to read our NBA 2020 Season Update post.
As of today, both the National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association have come to an agreement to resume the 2019-2020 season.
With the date in place, there will be strict health and safety protocols in place.
NBA Released Regular Game Schedule
So, now the plan is set for the NBA to resume their season on July 30th. With Disney’s agreement; all games will resume play for the season for the 22 teams that will play.
However, no fans will be allowed to attend the games. Although fans won’t be in attendance, all games will be televised on ABC, ESPN, NBATV, and TNT.
Moreover, all games will begin on July 30th and go until August 14th. Games will begin as early as 12:30 EST and will be non-stop from the afternoon until through the evening.
In addition, games will be played on three separate courts throughout the complex. Also, each team will have one back-to-back game.
As of now, the following teams will have nationally televised games:
- Boston Celtics
- Denver Nuggets
- Houston Rockets
- Milwaukee Bucks
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Utah Jazz
Also, there is a strong possibility that all of the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers games will be televised nationally.
NBA Schedule
So, the first two games on July 30th will be:
- New Orleans Pelicans v Utah Jazz at 6:30 p.m. EST – TNT
- Los Angeles Lakers v Los Angeles Clippers at 9:00 p.m. EST – TNT
On July 31st, the games will begin at 2:30 p.m. and 12 teams will play until the last game being at 9:00 p.m. August 1st – there will be games from 1:00 p.m with the last game being 8:30 p.m.
The remaining games are as follows:
- August 2 – Games begin at 2:00 p.m. and the last game is 9:00 p.m.
- August 3 – Games will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the last game is 9:00 p..m.
- On both August 4th – 6th – Games will on either 1:30 p.m. or 2:30 p.m. and go until 9:00 p.m.
- August 7th and August 8th will start at 1:00 p.m. and go until 9:00 p.m.
- On August 9th – Games are from 12:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
- August 10th – Games are from 2:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- August 11th – Games will be from 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- On August 12th – Games will begin at 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
For the remaining games for August 13th and 14th, times are to be TBA.
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