NBA finalists may miss the Olympics

The NBA said a week ago that all obstacles had been removed from the season start due on December 22nd. The pre-season matches will take place between December 11th and 19th, with the regular season running until March 4th consisting of 72 matches instead of the usual 82. The All Star break will be between March 5th and 10th, but the venue for the gala - after Indianapolis retreat - is not yet known. The playoffs begin on May 22 and end on July 22, leaving many of the endgame players to miss the Tokyo Olympics starting a day later. Qualifying tournaments for games postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic were announced from June 22nd to July 4th.

The U.S. men’s national team has already won a five-ring quota as the seventh in last year’s Chinese World Cup, but a total of 24 national teams will be involved in the four pre-Olympic qualifying competitions.

The novelty of the 75th NBA season will be the playin, used in a shorter form this year, which will feature 7-10 in the main groups. will affect its winners. At the end of the next regular season, the seventh in the conferences clashes with the eighth, the winner advances to the playoffs, while the loser meets the winner of the 9th and 10th team duel for the final playoff spot.

It is still unclear whether matches will be conducted with spectators and how teams will respond to possible positive coronavirus tests.

The previous season ended with a four-month lag only in mid-October, as the season, which was interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic in March, ended in a so-called bubble at Disney World in Florida. Here, the two participants in the grand final, the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the 17th league title in their history with a 4-2 overall, practically lived in complete isolation for three months.

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