It will not be a season finale anymore. This is possibly the outcome that will be marked as one of the most significant in the history of the competition. You have to read the context to understand it. The NBAOnce again, he reinvented himself not to stop his machinery. He created a special environment to support the show, he got Disney World as a partner and in the midst of a pandemic that has tension on the planet, he managed to play the final stretch of the season of the most powerful basketball tournament in the world starting this Thursday . And since it is about understanding the game, in the first act of the return the curtain will rise LeBron James in the Los Angeles classic, from 22 in Argentina, among Lakers and the Clippers. The product always ahead.
It will be a landmark for the competition. It is that he took the risk of moving millions of dollars (150 to bring the tournament to Orlando) so as not to suffer greater losses if he could not resume activity (just over US $ 1 billion). He took 22 teams to the Disney parks and created a bubble that allowed him to have his stars at ease. It generated controversies, devised a system to test the members of each franchise daily (35 the maximum allowed), recreated stadiums moving the parquet of each team, built a hairdresser in one day so that everyone had what they needed available and thus complete a season that was at risk until the last moment.
She is jealous in the care of the NBA. She doesn’t let her players break the rules. It is severe with those who skip protocols, a halfway suspension cannot be allowed. It was resisted by some protagonists, as they looked askance at resuming competition amid racial claims after the death of George Floyd. He took the reins, joined the claims, supported the Black Lives Matter and even allowed his players to replace their names on the shirts and that they can put the legend they want in protest of the racism prevailing in the United States.. She even announced that she will not sanction those protagonists who kneel while the US anthem plays.
Details of each player moment within the Disney bubble are provided. They follow them closely, transforming gyms into huge laundries so they can have each team’s clothes ready … They know that the world has its eyes on what the NBA stars can offer. So players like Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek MVP of Milwaukee Bucks, raised his voice against those who questioned some of the services they were offered in the early days at the Mickey Mouse home.
The competition will have a special flavor. That nobody can deny it. There are 8 games that each team will play to finish defining the crosses for the playoffs. Of course there may be surprises, especially in the last placements. But the balances of the rulers of the West and East conferences will not change. Lakers and Clippers rule on one side and Milwaukee and Toronto on the other, all four with their places secured for the postseason.
In reality, attention is concentrated on the two places (7 and 8) that remain to be defined in each conference. In the East, there are only three teams for two places: Brooklyn Nets, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards. The first two start in the playoff zone. However, in the West, the fight will be wild, because there are 7 teams in the race for the last two places for the postseason: Dallas Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies, (start within the standings), Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns.
It will focus on the fight for the ring that seems like it will first be focused on knowing who will win the West, with Lakers and Clippers as almost exclusive owners of that conference final, and with Milwaukee almost focused on the East. And it seems that between them will be the final battle. However, there is also a lot of attention on what happens with the classification of San Antonio Spurs, since it can be, after 22 seasons with Gregg Popovich as driver, out of the playoffs. And the company will not be easy for the Texas franchise, since it starts at position 12 and without LaMarcus Aldridge, who underwent surgery a couple of months ago on the right shoulder.
But of course, the NBA does not stay only in these questions of statistics, it added a condiment to the classification, since after those eight games of the regular stage, a play-in. How is that? If there is a difference of four games or less between the eighth classified and the ninth in the table, both must face each other to define the last place. There would be two games (August 15 and 16) in which the ninth should win both games against the eighth to take away the qualification for the playoffs.
It will be an outcome that will begin this Thursday with the last sighs of the regular stage (it will close on August 14), which could offer the play-in format, which will be in three possible scenarios (The Arena, HP Field House and Visa Athletic Center ) within a 94 hectare complex (Wide World of Sports Complex) and that it will have 89 foreign players. Highly global competition. Without a doubt, the NBA always finds a key so that the entire universe has its eyes on its constellation of stars.
The closing calendar of the regular stage
Thursday, July 30
- At 19:30 (Argentina time), Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 22, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Los Angeles Clippers (DirecTV Sports)
Friday, July 31
- A las 15.30, Orlando Magic vs. Brooklyn Nets
- A las 17, Memphis Grizzlies vs. Portland Trail Blazers (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 17, Phoenix Suns vs. Washington Wizards
- A las 19.30, Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN)
- A las 21, Sacramento Kings vs. San Antonio Spurs
- A las 22, Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavericks (ESPN)
Saturday 1 August
- A las 14, Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets (ESPN)
- A las 16.30, Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder (ESPN)
- A las 19, New Orleans Pelicans vs. Los Angeles Clippers (ESPN)
- A las 20, Philadephia 76ers. vs. Indiana Pacers
- A las 21.30, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors (ESPN)
Sunday August 2
- A las 15, Washington Wizards vs. Brooklyn Nets
- A las 16.30, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics (ESPN)
- At 17, San Antonio Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzlies (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19, Sacramento Kings vs. Orlando Magic
- A las 21.30, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Houston Rockets (ESPN)
- A las 22, Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns
Monday August 3
- A las 14.30, Toronto Raptors vs. Miami Heat
- A las 17, Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 17, Indiana Pacers vs. Washington Wizards
- A las 19.30, Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN)
- A las 21, San Antonio Spurs vs. Philadephia 76ers.
- A las 22, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz (ESPN)
Tuesday August 4
- A las 14.30 Brooklyn Nets vs. Milwaukee Bucks
- At 3:30 p.m., Dallas Mavericks vs. Sacramento Kings (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 17, Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Clippers
- At 7pm, Orlando Magic vs. Indiana Pacers (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19.30, Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 22, Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers (DirecTV Sports)
Wednesday August 5
- A las 15.30, Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz
- A las 17, Philadephia 76ers. vs. Washington Wizards
- At 17, Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19.30, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN)
- A las 21, Toronto Raptors vs. Orlando Magic
- A las 22, Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics (ESPN)
Thursday August 6
- A las 14.30, New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings
- A las 17, Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- At 17, Indiana Pacers vs. Phoenix Suns (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 21, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 22, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets (DirecTV Sports)
Friday August 7
- A las 14, Utah Jazz vs. San Antonio Spurs
- A las 17, Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 18, Sacramento Kings vs. Brooklyn Nets
- A las 19.30, Orlando Magic vs. Philadephia 76ers. (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 21, Washington Wizards vs. New Orleans Pelicans (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 22, Boston Celtics vs. Toronto Raptors (DirecTV Sports)
Saturday 8 August
- At 14, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 16.30, Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets (DirecTV Sports)
- At 19, Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 20.30, Phoenix Suns vs. Miami Heat (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 21.30, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Dallas Mavericks (ESPN)
Sunday August 9
- A las 13.30, Washington Wizards vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 15, Memphis Grizzlies vs. Toronto Raptors
- A las 16, San Antonio Spurs vs. New Orleans Pelicans (ESPN)
- At 6pm, Orlando Magic vs. Boston Celtics (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19.30, Philadephia 76ers. vs. Portland Trail Blazers
- A las 21, Houston Rockets vs. Sacramento Kings
- A las 22, Brooklyn Nets vs. Los Angeles Clippers
Monday August 10
- A las 15.30, Oklahoma City Thunders vs. Phoenix Suns (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 16, Dallas Mavericks vs. Utah Jazz
- A las 19.30, Toronto Raptors vs. Milwaukee Bucks (ESPN)
- At 21, Indiana Pacers vs. Miami Heat (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 22, Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers (DirecTV Sports)
Tuesday August 11
- A las 14, Brooklyn Nets vs. Orlando Magic (DirecTV y NBA TV)
- A las 15, Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs
- A las 17.30, Phoenix Suns vs. Philadephia 76ers.
- At 18, Portland Trail Blazers vs. Dallas Mavericks (DirecTV and NBA TV)
- A las 19.30, Boston Celtics vs. Memphis Grizzlies (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 22, New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings (DirecTV Sports)
- A las 22, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Washington Wizards (DirecTV y NBA TV)
Wednesday August 12
- A las 17, Indiana Pacers vs. Houston Rockets
- A las 19.30, Toronto Raptors vs. Philadephia 76ers. (ESPN)
- A las 21, Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
- A las 22, Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets (ESPN)
Thursday August 13
- Washington Wizards vs. Boston Celtics (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Portland Trail Blazers vs. Brooklyn Nets (horario y TV a confirmar)
- Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Milwaukee Bucks vs. Memphis Grizzlies (horario y TV a confirmar)
- New Orleans Pelicans vs. Orlando Magic (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- San Antonio Spurs vs. Utah Jazz (schedule and TV to be confirmed)
Friday August 14
- Philadephia 76ers. vs. Houston Rockets (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Clippers (hours and TV to be confirmed)
- Denver Nuggets vs. Toronto Raptors (horario y TV a confirmar)
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