REPORTS: NBA looking to Start Playoffs from August 18, and finals on September 30th
The NBA has a tentative schedule in place for the remainder of 2019-20 season, according to The Athletic’s Shams-Charania.
All the Board of Governors approved a plan last week to resume the season on July 31st. It was announced that Game 7 would take place no later than October 12th. The rest of the season’s calendar now appearing is gaining all the focus.
The first round will be slated to the beginning on August 18, either one of two days after the potential play-in matchups for the number 8th seed in each conference.
A quarantined playoff in Orlando has eliminated team travel for 2019-20 season allowing the league to organize the rest of the matches postseason.
As the playoffs will still feature the traditional slate of four seven-game series as there will be just one day off in playoff games with few exceptions.
The NBA is all set to move the playoffs games with few exceptions. The NBA is one of the topmost Basketball league in the world and the fans are eagerly waiting for matches to resume as it has been almost 3 months that no matches have been played.
As NBA is all set to move the postseason dates could allow the NBA to extend its off-season while minimizing the delay before the 2020-21 season. As reports are to be believed, 1st December 2020 could be the opening night for the next season.
