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NBA Schedule: When will the schedule for NBA Disney Bubble be announced?

Tanishk Thilakan
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NBA Schedule

The NBA Schedule for the NBA Disney Bubble is set to be announced on Friday, with the entire travel and restart plan already chalked out.

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With that, the NBA added that the schedule for the 22 teams taking part in the eight-game seeding phase will be announced on Friday night. ESPN will broadcast an hour long schedule release show starting at 4 p.m. MST. The season will resume on July 30.

Which venues will be used for NBA Disney Bubble restart?

The NBA, as per the agreement, will use three venues- the Arena, the Fieldhouse and Visa Athletic Center- at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for eight seeding games per team, potential play-in games and the playoffs.

The deal between the league and players union involves health guidelines, a format for the resumption of play in Orlando at Disney World and an agreement for collective action to face societal injustices and racism.

“We have worked together with the player association to establish a restart plan that prioritizes health and safety, preserves competitive fairness and provides a platform to address social justice issues,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a release.

“We are grateful to our longtime collaborator Disney for its role in playing host and making this return to play possible, and we also thank the public health officials and infectious disease specialists who helped guide the creation of comprehensive medical protocols and protections.”

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What are the NBA Disney Bubble resumption plans?

After the eight seeding games for each of the 22 teams, the top seven teams in each conference’s standings will make the playoffs. The eighth place team will make it automatically if it is more than four games ahead of the ninth-seeded squad.

If not, the No. 8 seed will play the No. 9 seed in a play-in tournament that is single elimination for the lower seed and double elimination for the higher seed.

Then, a 16-team playoff will commence in the NBA’s traditional format.

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When will the NBA teams arrive in Orlando?

On Tuesday July 7, the Brooklyn Nets, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards will arrive in chartered planes and buses and begin isolation until they have two negative tests, 24 hours apart.

The Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder and Sacramento Kings will report on July 8.

The Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors will complete the arrival process on July 9.

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What are the key dates in this new fixtures list?

July 1-9: Required individual workouts

July 7-9: Participating teams travel to Orlando

July 9-29: Team training camp and scrimmages

July 30: Seeding games begin

Aug. 15-16: Possible Eastern/Western conference play-in games

Aug. 17: First round of the playoffs begins

Aug. 31: Conference semifinals target date

Sept. 15-28: Conference finals target date

Sept. 30: NBA Finals target date

Oct. 13: Last day of the NBA Finals

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