When Does the New NBA Season Start?
The new NBA season is just around the corner. Here’s everything you need to know about when it starts, what to expect and more.
Introduction
The 2019-2020 NBA regular season will tentatively begin on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 and end on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The 2020 NBA Playoffs will then begin Saturday, April 18, 2020 and conclude in late June.
The Regular Season
The regular season for the National Basketball Association (NBA) typically starts in October and ends in April. The NBA Finals, which is the championship series of the NBA playoffs, is usually held in June.
The season typically consists of 82 games, which are played over a span of about six months. During the regular season, each team plays against every other team in its conference twice and each team in the other conference once. The playoffs, which is a single-elimination tournament, is held after the regular season ends. The playoffs consist of four rounds, with each round having seven games. The team that wins four rounds advances to the NBA Finals.
The Playoffs
The NBA Playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among the 16 teams that qualified for the playoffs by having one of the top eight records in either the Eastern Conference or the Western Conference during the regular season. The conference champions advance to the NBA Finals.
The Finals
The Finals are the last round of the NBA season. They are a best-of-seven series between the two conference champions, who Advance to the Finals through their playoff performance. The first two games are played at the home of the team with the better record, and the following games are then played at each team’s home arena alternately. If one team wins four games before the other team, that team wins the series and is crowned NBA champion.
