When Does The NBA Regular Season Start This Year?
The NBA regular season is set to start on December 22nd, 2020.
Introduction
The 2019-20 NBA regular season is slated to begin on Tuesday, October 22. The first games of the season will feature a handful of marquee matchups, including the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the LA Clippers, and the Milwaukee Bucks squaring off against the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors.
The Regular Season
The NBA regular season starts on October 22, 2019 and will end on April 15, 2020. The playoffs will start on April 18, 2020 and will end on June 2020. The Finals will start on June 4, 2020 and will end on July 2020.
Start date
The 2019-2020 NBA regular season will begin on Tuesday, October 22, 2019.
It will end on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.
The 2020 NBA Playoffs will then begin later that month.
Length of season
The regular season is 82 games long, with each team playing 41 home games and 41 away games. The league is divided into two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference, each of which is made up of 15 teams. The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.
The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament that culminates in the NBA Finals, a best-of-seven series between the champions of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The winning team of the NBA Finals receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.
Playoffs
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 NBA season was shortened to 72 games per team. The playoffs were also pushed back, and will now begin on May 22nd.
The playoffs will follow the standard format, with the top eight teams in each conference qualifying. The first two rounds will be best-of-seven series, followed by the Conference Finals and the NBA Finals, which will both be best-of-seven series.
The postseason is scheduled to conclude no later than July 22nd.
Conclusion
The 2019-2020 NBA regular season is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 22nd.
