Saturday, June 27, 2020

NBA restart schedule release: My thoughts & Dates we all need to know


https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1276670910884450305. This link will take you to SportsCenter's Twitter page where they show each team's opponents in alphabetical order. 

What did I get correct?

When comparing the official schedule to my predictions post from yesterday I was almost spot on. Out of the total 176 games, I was right about 148. I was only perfect with the schedules for three teams (Mavs, Suns, and 76ers,) as most of the teams only had one change done to their own. The teams that had two or more changes done to their schedules were: the Lakers and Rockets (three changes each) and the Clippers, Nuggets, Blazers, Pacers, and Wizards (two changes each.)

What do I think?

The league was able to make some big regular-season matches such as Lakers vs Clippers, Clippers vs Celtics and Nuggets vs Jazz just a few examples. They have made this period a bit more exciting with games between teams who are closely ranked in their respective conferences, which have the potential to shake up the seeding drastically.  Now that we have everything finalized, however, I think the fight for the playoffs is even more interesting. I will go more in-depth into my thoughts about the playoff race in another post so let’s talk about the key dates for this season.

Important dates that you need to know.  

July 30th: The NBA season returns.

August 15-16th: 8th seed play-in games (if needed)

August 17th: Playoffs commence / Last day to declare for NBA Draft.

August 25th: NBA Draft Lottery

August 31st: Conference Semifinals begin.

September 15th: Conference Finals start.

September 30th: NBA Finals begin.

October 13th: NBA Finals game 7 (if needed)

October 18th: Start of free agency.

There are more important dates, but I just listed to ones these because I think these are the dates that the majority of NBA care about. 

Lastly, this link: https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1276655999420526592, shall take you to Chris Haynes' Twitter where he has a picture of the entire regular season schedule that includes the matchups, starting time and what national TV network they play on. 



 

 




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My name is Andrew, I’m 22 and I am an American however I live in the beautiful twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. However instead of writing and talking about sports that are very popular where I am from like football (which is soccer in case I somehow have any American readers) and cricket, I instead tend focus on the NFL and the NBA. That doesn’t mean I am against diversifying and talking about other sports, for example I would love to talk about wrestling, however I want to stick to things that I find are a little more interesting. My favourite teams are the Toronto Raptors, Seattle Seahawks and Manchester City (English premiere league). I consider myself very fortunate that during my existence I saw all three of my teams win championships I know there are people who live and die without even sniffing a championship.

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