How Many Games Will the NBA Season Have?
The NBA is looking at a 72-game season that would start on December 22nd and end on May 16th.
82 Games
The NBA season is 82 games. This is the minimum number of games that each team must play. The regular season starts in October and ends in April. Each team plays 82 games, 41 at home and 41 away.
60 Games
Though the NBA is looking at a lot of different scenarios for the 2020-21 season, it seems likely that they will settle on a 60-game schedule.
This would mean that each team would play the other 29 teams in their conference twice and thenwould fill out the rest of their schedule with games against teams in the other conference.
The NBA has used this type of scheduling before, most recently during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season when each team played 66 games.
Scheduling could be tricky this season given the ongoing pandemic and the fact that not all states are allowing fans in arenas yet, but it seems like 60 games is the most likely scenario at this point.
66 Games
The NBA regular season is typically 82 games long, but this may be shortened or lengthened due to a variety of factors. For example, the 2020-2021 season was shortened to 72 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other factors that can affect the length of the season include work stoppages, weather conditions, and rescheduling.
48 Games
The NBA has not played a 48-game season since the lockout-shortened 1999 season. In that year, each team played 50 regular-season games. The NBA could return to a 50-game schedule, but that seems unlikely given the league’s current preference for a more balanced, 82-game schedule.
50 Games
The NBA season is set to be 50 games. This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season will start on December 22, 2020, and end on May 16, 2021. There will be a total of 72 games played in the regular season. This is a significant decrease from the 82 games that are usually played.
60 Games
The NBA is targeting a Dec. 22 start date for the 2020-21 season, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
One proposal under discussion would be to play approximately 50 regular-season games, sources said. The league is hopeful it can increase that number if hot-spot concerns abate with more widespread dissemination of the coronavirus vaccine, sources said.
66 Games
The 66-game season will be the shortest in NBA history, beating out the previous low of 50 games in the 1998-1999 season. The league had originally hoped to start the season on December 1st, but that was before a recent impasse in labor negotiations between the NBA and its players.
