It seems like years ago that we found out the NBA had to shut down because of coronavirus.
On March 11, players from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz were all ready to play and many were deep into their warm-ups when league officials came sprinting onto the court to tell everyone to go home.
That day’s games around the league finished up and in the blink of an eye, one case for Jazz centre Rudy Gobert had expedited a league-wide shutdown that, let’s be honest, was basically inevitable anyway.
Now, 141 days later, the NBA is back and almost unrecognisable. So, what’s the go?
When is the NBA restarting?
The NBA is coming back this morning with two games: Utah vs New Orleans and an LA derby between the Clippers and Lakers.
Teams resumed training earlier this month, with players and staff gradually making their way to the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida (more on this later).
After a couple of practice games, which started last week, the real stuff is kicking off today.
The Jazz-Pelicans game starts at 8: 30am (AEST) before the the main event of reopening night, LeBron James’s Lakers vs the Clippers, featuring reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, at 11: 00am.
Both games will be played in Orlando. Which leads us to…
Where is the rest of the NBA season being played?
Disney World!
In August last year, Disney unveiled the NBA Experience, which is basically a massive basketball-themed section of the Orlando resort.
