How Many Games Are Nba Teams Playing This Year?
The NBA season is in full swing, and teams are playing an average of four games per week. So how many games are NBA teams playing this year?
82 Games
The NBA regular season is 82 games long. Every team plays 82 games. There are 30 teams in the NBA. So, how many games are NBA teams playing this year?
60 Games
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men’s professional basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, and is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.
This season, each team will play 60 games.
66 Games
The NBA is playing a shortened season this year, with each team playing 66 regular-season games instead of the usual 82. The playoffs will also be shortened, with the Finals ending no later than July 22. This schedule was put in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
68 Games
The 82-game regular season schedule will return for the 2021-22 NBA season, league sources tell ESPN.
The schedule will return to its pre-pandemic format next season, with each team playing 36 home games and 36 road games. The league had played a 72-game schedule this season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
A formal announcement is expected later this week.
The return to an 82-game schedule is a victory for NBA players, who had pushed for the full regular season as part of their negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement in December 2020. A group of players, led by Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, held a conference call with Commissioner Adam Silver in February to discuss their concerns about the length of this season and their fatigue levels.
48 Games
The National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season is set to resume on December 22, 2020. After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to suspend the season on March 11, 2020, the NBA announced that the 2020-21 season would be shortened to 72 games. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the league has decided to further shorten the season to 48 games.
34 Games
The NBA released the schedule for the first half of the 2020-21 season on Thursday, and while there are plenty of marquee matchups to keep fans entertained, one thing that stands out is how many games each team will play.
The league originally planned to have all 30 teams play 72 games this season, but that number was reduced to 60 games when the start of the campaign was pushed back from December 1 to December 22 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
With that in mind, here’s a look at how many games each team will play in the first half of the season.
34 Games:
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Indiana Pacers
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat Milwaukee Bucks Minnesota Timberwolves New Orleans Pelicans New York Knicks Oklahoma City Thunder Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Washington Wizards
44 Games
This year, each NBA team will play 44 games in the regular season. This is down from the usual 82 games because of the pandemic. The season will start on December 22 and will end on May 16. The playoffs will start on May 22 and will end on July 22.
50 Games
The NBA has officially released the schedule for the 2020-21 regular season, and it appears that each team will play 50 games. This is down from the usual 82, and is a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic. Let’s take a look at how this will affect the season.
36 Games
The 2020-21 NBA season is tentatively scheduled to begin on December 1, 2020, and will end no later than July 22, 2021. The season will be abbreviated compared to a typical NBA season, which is 82 games long. The league has not released the full schedule yet, but each team is expected to play 36 games.
46 Games
The 2020-21 NBA regular season will be unlike any other, with teams playing just 72 games in an effort to limit travel and protect players amid the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s a sharp decrease from the 82-game schedule teams typically play. And it’s even shorter than last season’s abbreviated campaign, which featured 66 games.
The league made the decision to go with a 72-game schedule after consulting with team doctors and health experts. “We felt strongly that it was in the best interest of our players’ health and well-being to go with a 72-game schedule,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.
The 2020-21 season will begin on Dec. 22 and end on May 16, with the playoffs scheduled to start on May 22 and the Finals set for July 22. That leaves just 50 days between the end of the Finals and the start of training camp for next season.
