How Many Games Will There Be in the 2019 NBA Season?
The 2019 NBA season is set to begin on October 22. The season will consist of 1,230 games, which is the most in league history.
82 Games
In the 2019 NBA season, each team will play 82 games. This is the same number of games that have been played in every NBA season since 1967, when the league expanded from 9 to 12 teams.
Preseason
The National Basketball Association (NBA) season is upon us, and with a new season comes a new set of questions. One question we often hear is, “How many games will there be in the 2019 NBA season?”
The answer, of course, depends on a number of factors, including the number of teams in the league and the length of the season. In recent years, the NBA has typically had between 30 and 40 teams, with each team playing 82 games in a regular season that runs from October to April. However, there have been some changes to the league’s structure in recent years, so it’s possible that the 2019 season could see a different number of teams and games.
In addition to the regular season, there are also exhibition ( preseason ) games that are played before the start of the regular season. These games don’t count towards a team’s record for the season, but they can be important for tuning up before the start of the regular season. The number of preseason games varies from year to year, but it is typically between two and eight games per team.
So, putting all of this together, we can say that there will probably be between 240 and 2,560 games played in the 2019 NBA season. Of course, this is just an estimate—the actual number could be higher or lower depending on how the league’s structure changes in the coming years.
All-Star Game
The All-Star Game is an annual exhibition game played by the National Basketball Association (NBA). It is usually held during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend, which is a three-day event held every February, though it was temporarily moved to March in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The All-Star Game was first played in 1951.
The All-Star Game features 24 of the league’s top players—12 from each conference, who are selected by fan vote, media vote, and player vote— competing against each other in a game that follows normal NBA rules. The teams are not allowed to use zones or double-teaming defense and must follow certain other rules designed to make the game more exciting and score more points. The players on the winning team each receive a $20,000 bonus, while the losing team players each get $10,000.
Playoffs
The 2019 NBA season will conclude with the NBA Finals in late June. The playoffs will begin in mid-April and will consist of four rounds of best-of-seven series. A total of 16 teams will qualify for the playoffs, eight from each conference.
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals are the championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins four games in the finals wins the NBA championship.
