When Is the NBA Basketball Season?
The NBA basketball season is upon us! Find out when your favorite team is playing and make sure to catch all the action.
Introduction
The NBA basketball season is one of the most highly anticipated sporting seasons every year. Basketball fans from all over the world eagerly await the start of the season, and it seems like the wait is always longer than the actual season itself! So when is the NBA basketball season?
The short answer is that the NBA basketball season typically runs from October to June, with a break in December for Christmas and a break in February for the All-Star Game. However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can affect when the season starts and ends.
First, the actual schedule for each team can vary slightly from year to year. This is because each team plays 82 regular season games, and these games are spread out over a span of several months. The schedule is typically released in August, so if you’re eager to find out when your favorite team will be playing, you’ll have to wait until then.
Second, the playoffs typically start in April and can last until June. The exact date of the playoffs varies from year to year, but they usually start sometime in April and end in early June.
So there you have it – the NBA basketball season typically runs from October to June, with a break in December for Christmas and a break in February for the All-Star Game. However, keep in mind that there are a few things that can affect when the season starts and ends.
The NBA Season
The NBA season typically runs from October to June, with the playoffs running into July. However, the season may be shorter or longer depending on a variety of factors, such as player contracts, the schedule of other professional basketball leagues, and global events.
Pre-Season
The first NBA basketball game is typically played in late October, with the regular season running until early April. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020-2021 season will look very different.
The pre-season games will begin on December 11th, 2020 and will end on December 19th. The regular season will then start on December 22nd and is scheduled to end on May 16th, 2021. The playoffs will begin shortly after, with the Finals ending in late June or early July.
Regular Season
The National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season typically runs from October to April of the following year. Each team plays 82 games, 41 of which are at home and 41 are away. Games are not played every day, but typically there are two or three games per day during the week and one or two games on weekends. The schedule is released in August prior to the start of the season.
The regular season is followed by the NBA playoffs, which is a single-elimination tournament consisting of four rounds. The first round is between the eight teams with the best record in each conference (Eastern and Western), the second round is between the four remaining teams in each conference, the third round (or Conference Finals) is between the remaining two teams in each conference, and finally the NBA Finals is between the two remaining teams (one from each conference). The playoffs typically run from April to June.
Playoffs
playoffs. The top eight teams in each conference (Eastern and Western), ranked in order by win-loss record, qualify for the playoffs. The conference seeding mirrors that of the regular season. Some wins and losses from the regular season are carried over to the playoffs, but each team starts with a 0–0 record when the playoffs begin.
In the first round of the playoffs, also known as the Conference Semifinals, the first seed plays the eighth seed, the second seed plays the seventh seed, the third seed plays the sixth seed, and the fourth seed plays the fifth seed. Each series is a best-of-seven series; whoever wins four games out of seven advances to face whoever their opponent will be in
the next round — Conference Finals.
The Conference Finals follow a similar pattern: The first seed from each conference plays against the fourth seed from their conference; and then second seeds play against third seeds. Again, these are best-of-seven series; whoever gets four wins first moves on to face their opponent from the other conference in
the NBA Finals — which is also a best-of-seven series.
NBA Finals
The NBA Finals are the championship games 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 winning team of the series receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, which is named after former NBA commissioner Larry O’Brien.
Conclusion
Now that you know when the NBA basketball season is, start planning your trip to see a game! There’s nothing like seeing the best players in the world live and in person, so don’t miss your chance.
