2019-20 Season: NBA Declares Revised Schedule for Return After COVID-19 Hiatus

As the NBA plans for its arrival on July 30, it has discharged its calendar for the rest of the 2019-20 ordinary season.

The group will come back with eight seeding games for each group, starting with a doubleheader. To begin with, the Utah Jazz will take on the New Orleans Pelicans, and afterward the Los Angeles Clippers will confront the Los Angeles Lakers. The customary season will end Aug. 14.

2020 NBA National TV Schedule (All Start Times ET)

July 30: Utah Jazz versus New Orleans Pelicans, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); Los Angeles Clippers versus Los Angeles Lakers, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

July 31: Boston Celtics versus Milwaukee Bucks, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Houston Rockets versus Dallas Mavericks, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Aug. 1: Miami Heat versus Denver Nuggets, 1 p.m. (ESPN); Utah Jazz versus Oklahoma City Thunder, 3:30 p.m.(ESPN); New Orleans Pelicans versus Los Angeles Clippers, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers versus Toronto Raptors, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Aug. 2: Portland Trail Blazers versus Boston Celtics, 3:30 p.m. (ABC); Milwaukee Bucks versus Houston Rockets, 8 p.m. (ABC)

Aug. 3: Memphis Grizzlies versus New Orleans Pelicans, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers versus Utah Jazz, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Aug. 4: Boston Celtics versus Miami Heat, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); Houston Rockets versus Portland Trail Blazers, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 5: Oklahoma City Thunder versus Los Angeles Lakers, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Brooklyn Nets versus Boston Celtics, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Aug. 6: Miami Heat versus Milwaukee Bucks, 4 p.m. (Dynamite); Los Angeles Clippers versus Dallas Mavericks, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); Los Angeles Lakers versus Houston Rockets, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 7: Orlando Magic versus Philadelphia 76ers, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); Boston Celtics versus Toronto Raptors, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 8: Los Angeles Clippers versus Portland Trail Blazers, 1 p.m. (Dynamite); Utah Jazz versus Denver Nuggets, 3:30 p.m. (Dynamite); Los Angeles Lakers versus Indiana Pacers, 6 p.m. (Dynamite); Milwaukee Bucks versus Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Aug. 9: San Antonio Spurs versus New Orleans Pelicans, 3 p.m. (ABC)

Aug. 10: Toronto Raptors versus Milwaukee Bucks, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Denver Nuggets versus Los Angeles Lakers, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 11: Boston Celtics versus Memphis Grizzlies, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); New Orleans Pelicans versus Sacramento Kings, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 12: Toronto Raptors versus Philadelphia 76ers, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Clippers versus Denver Nuggets, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Aug. 13: TBD versus TBD, 4 p.m. (Dynamite); TBD versus TBD, 6:30 p.m. (Dynamite); TBD versus TBD, 9 p.m. (Dynamite)

Aug. 14: TBD versus TBD, 4 p.m. (ESPN); TBD versus TBD, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN); TBD versus TBD, 9 p.m. (ESPN)

2020 NBA Regional TV Schedule (All Start Times ET)

July 31: Orlando Magic versus Brooklyn Nets, 2:30 p.m.; Phoenix Suns versus Washington Wizards, 4 p.m.; Memphis Grizzlies versus Portland Trail Blazers, 4 p.m., Sacramento Kings versus San Antonio Spurs, 8 p.m.

Aug. 1: Philadelphia 76ers versus Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.

Aug. 2: Washington Wizards versus Brooklyn Nets, 2 p.m.; San Antonio Spurs versus Memphis Grizzlies, 4 p.m.; Dallas Mavericks versus Phoenix Suns, 6 p.m.; Sacramento Kings versus Orlando Magic, 9 p.m.

Aug. 3: Toronto Raptors versus Miami Heat, 1:30 p.m.; Denver Nuggets versus Oklahoma City Thunder, 4 p.m.; Indiana Pacers versus Washington Wizards, 4 p.m.; San Antonio Spurs versus Philadelphia 76ers, 8 p.m.

Aug. 4: Brooklyn Nets versus Milwaukee Bucks, 1:30 p.m.; Dallas Mavericks versus Sacramento Kings, 2:30 p.m.; Phoenix Suns versus Los Angeles Clippers, 4 p.m.; Orlando Magic versus Indiana Pacers, 6 p.m.

Aug. 5: Memphis Grizzlies versus Utah Jazz, 2:30 p.m.; Philadelphia 76ers versus Washington Wizards, 4 p.m.; Denver Nuggets versus San Antonio Spurs, 4 p.m.; Toronto Raptors versus Orlando Magic, 8 p.m.

Aug. 6: New Orleans Pelicans versus Sacramento Kings, 1:30 p.m.; Indiana Pacers versus Phoenix Suns, 4 p.m.; Portland Trail Blazers versus Denver Nuggets, 8 p.m.

Aug. 7: Utah Jazz versus San Antonio Spurs, 1 p.m.; Oklahoma City Thunder versus Memphis Grizzlies, 4 p.m.; Sacramento Kings versus Brooklyn Nets, 5 p.m.; Washington Wizards versus New Orleans Pelicans, 8 p.m.

Aug. 8: Phoenix Suns versus Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m.

Aug. 9: Washington Wizards versus Oklahoma City Thunder, 12:30 p.m.; Memphis Grizzlies versus Toronto Raptors, 2 p.m.; Orlando Magic versus Boston Celtics, 5 p.m.; Philadelphia 76ers versus Portland Trail Blazers, 6:30 p.m.; Houston Rockets versus Sacramento Kings, 8 p.m.; Brooklyn Nets versus Los Angeles Clippers, 9 p.m.

Aug. 10: Oklahoma City Thunder versus Phoenix Suns, 2:30 p.m.; Dallas Mavericks versus Utah Jazz, 3 p.m.; Indiana Pacers versus Miami Heat, 8 p.m.

Aug. 11: Brooklyn Nets versus Orlando Magic, 1 p.m.; Houston Rockets versus San Antonio Spurs, 2 p.m.; Phoenix Suns versus Philadelphia 76ers, 4:30 p.m.; Portland Trail Blazers versus Dallas Mavericks, 5 p.m.; Milwaukee Bucks versus Washington Wizards, 9 p.m.

Aug. 12: Indiana Pacers versus Houston Rockets, 4 p.m.; Miami Heat versus Oklahoma City Thunder, 8 p.m.

Aug. 13: Washington Wizards versus Boston Celtics, TBD; New Orleans Pelicans versus Orlando Magic, TBD; Milwaukee Bucks versus Memphis Grizzlies, TBD; Dallas Mavericks versus Phoenix Suns, TBD; San Antonio Spurs versus Utah Jazz, TBD; Sacramento Kings versus Los Angeles Lakers, TBD; Portland Trail Blazers versus Brooklyn Nets, TBD

Aug. 14: Denver Nuggets versus Toronto Raptors, TBD; Philadelphia 76ers versus Houston Rockets, TBD; Oklahoma City Thunder versus Los Angeles Clippers, TBD; Miami Heat versus Indiana Pacers, TBD

The NBA leading body of governors formally affirmed Commissioner Adam Silver’s proposition of a 22-group restart in a vote June 4. The National Basketball Players Association casted a ballot for the proposition the next day, however the association and group would hold further arrangements about different subtleties.

In the consequence of that understanding, players started voicing their interests about restarting the season during the coronavirus pandemic and given the social distress happening over the U.S. following the ongoing killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks.

As per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Malika Andrews, an alliance of players, drove by Kyrie Irving and Avery Bradley—who has since selected to sit out the restart—framed “to take on a main job in investigating answers and answers for individual players the gathering accepts to be legitimately hesitant to represent themselves.”

In an announcement gave to Wojnarowski and Andrews, the alliance gave an announcement about their main goal:

“We are combating the issues that matter most: We will not accept the racial injustices that continue to be ignored in our communities. We will not be kept in the dark when it comes to our health and well-being. And we will not ignore the financial motivations/expectations that have prevented us historically from making sound decisions.

“This is not about individual players, athletes or entertainers. This is about our group of strong men and women uniting for change. We have our respective fields, however, we will not just shut up and play to distract us from what this whole system has been about: Use and Abuse.

“We are all fathers, daughters, leaders and so much more. So what is our BIG picture? We are in this for UNITY and CHANGE!”

Silver disclosed to ESPN’s Mike Greenberg (h/t CBS Sports’ Sam Quinn) that the alliance and association agreed on an arrangement that would permit players to pass on the Orlando restart without being in break of their agreements:

“We’re trying to find a way to our own normal in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of essentially a recession or worse with 40 million unemployed. And now with enormous social unrest in the country. So as we work through these issues, I can understand how some players may feel that it’s not for them. And like you said, it could be for a host of reasons, it may be for family reasons, it may be for health reasons they have, or it may be because they feel, as some players have said very recently, that their time is best spent elsewhere.”

Under the adjusted come back to-play position, the main eight groups in every meeting when the season was suspended March 11 were welcome to Florida.

The Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards balance the 22-group field.

As per NBA.com, the staying standard season matchups fill in as seeding games that will conclude matchups for the postseason. All games, including the end of the season games, will be held at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports resort at Walt Disney World.

The main seven seeds are guaranteed a spot in the end of the season games; the No. 8 seed could be controlled by a play-in competition, if the No. 9 seed is four or less games back in the standings toward the finish of the period.

Since groups can complete the season with an alternate number of games played, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps has announced the NBA will utilize winning rate to decide seeding.

This will be the first NBA season since the lockout-abbreviated 2011-12 battle to not include an entire 82-game timetable.

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