NEW YORK – The 2020-21 NBA schedule will feature a play-in tournament and an NBA Finals that could run all the way until July 22 — keeping some players from competing in the Olympics.The league's 75th season, delayed and shortened because of the coronavirus pandemic, will begin Dec.
22 and look like none other. The NBA announced Tuesday how it will make up the 72-game schedule, which won't be entirely known until well after it's started.Teams will play 42 intraconference games, with each club facing the other teams within its conference three times.
Teams will play the remaining 30 games against the opposite conference — one at home and one on the road.When that's finished, the play-in tournament, approved Tuesday by the board of governors.