TRAIL BLAZERS TO RESUME 2019-20 SEASON ON JULY 31 IN ORLANDO Portland to play eight “seeding games” at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida PORTLAND, Ore. (June 26, 2020)–The Portland Trail Blazers will resume the 2019-20 season with a matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies on July 31, it was announced today by the NBA. The National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized a comprehensive plan for a July 30 restart to the 2019-20 season, which includes stringent health and safety protocols, a single-site campus at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and the goal of taking collective action to combat systemic racism and promote social justice. Under the competitive format for the restart, the 22 participating teams will be the eight teams in each conference with the highest current winning percentages and the six teams that are currently within six games of the eighth seed in either conference. The restart will begin with each participating team playing eight “seeding games,” as selected from its remaining regular-season matchups. The schedule for the Trail Blazers eight seeding games is as follows: Date Opponent Time (PT) Venue July 31 vs. Memphis 1:00 PM Arena Aug. 2 at Boston 12:30 PM Arena Aug. 4 vs. Houston 6:00 PM Arena Aug. 6 at Denver 5:00 PM Visa Athletic Center Aug. 8 vs. LA Clippers 10:00 AM HP Field House Aug. 9 vs. Philadelphia 3:30 PM Visa Athletic Center Aug. 11 at Dallas 2:00 PM Arena Aug. 13 vs. Brooklyn TBD TBD All eight seeding games will be televised by NBC Sports Northwest (NBCSNW) or national carriers and aired on flagship station NBCSNW Rip City Radio AM-620 and the Deschutes Brewery Trail Blazers Radio Network. At the conclusion of the seeding games, the seven teams in each conference with the highest combined winning percentages across regular-season games and seeding games will be the first through seventh seeds for the NBA Playoffs for that conference. If the team with the eighth-best combined winning percentage (regular-season games and seeding games) in a conference is more than four games ahead of the team with the ninth-best combined winning percentage in the same conference, then the team with the eighth-best winning percentage would be the eighth playoff seed in that conference. If the team with the eighth-best combined winning percentage in a conference (Team 8) is four games or fewer ahead of the team with the ninth-best combined winning percentage in the same conference (Team 9), then those two teams would compete in a play-in tournament to determine the eighth playoff seed in the conference. The play-in tournament will be double elimination for Team 8 and single elimination for Team 9. The NBA’s standard playoff tiebreaker procedures will be used to break any ties on the basis of winning percentage. Once the 16-team playoff field is set, the NBA Playoffs will proceed in a traditional conference-based format with four rounds and best-of-seven series in each round. The 2020 NBA Finals will end no later than Oct. 13. ...
I'm happy to see the Blazers play again, but.... fuck all of this. Fuck putting players, coaches, and staff at risk in the current 'Rona capital of America. Fuck the assplowing of giving Portland the death schedule and the Pels a fucking cakewalk. Guess Zion will get the WWE push we all saw coming, huh? $$$$$$$ talks, obviously. Silver bent over for the sponsors and TV contracts, not that he had much choice. I guess I'll be watching the trainwreck with everyone else and play "WHO TESTS POSITIVE TODAY?" Bingo.
I'm sorry, but this is absurd. Above and beyond the safety issues, the timing is asinine. We should be talking about the 20-21 season. We should be getting excited about the draft, free agency, and whether the Blazers can become a real contender. Instead, the entire league is at the mercy of giving Zion another chance to have a play-off series with the Lakers. Talk about the tail wagging the dog. If we even have a 20-21 season, will it surprise anybody if we wind up with an MLB style abortion? Will the NBA as we know it even survive?
Who tests positive today bingo actually sounds fun. Sly- can you organize this? I can see it now.: I need JJ Redick and I win!
302 players tested recently....22 positive with the virus and that's before they go to Florida where it's spiking.....forget this season ...I don't think it's worth the risk on any level or that it shows leadership in dealing with the pandemic....it's a game with a rubber ball...these guys have children and families that need them healthy...
Here is a little more analysis of the schedules. Blazers will be playing teams with an average winning % of 60 while Pelicans will play against teams with average of 49.5%. (Is that even possible? With all playoff teams and just a few trying to play in?) https://www.blazersedge.com/2020/6/...s-orlando-restart-schedule-news-nba-grizzlies
Heavens no! Just because they will make the play-offs AND somehow win the lotto doesn't mean anything!
Here is another team that gets screwed: Tim Reynolds: Miami would have had the easiest schedule in the NBA down the stretch. The Heat now have the fourth-hardest schedule in the seeding games — when taking into account only the 22 teams remaining this season. Records against the other eight not included. –
Collins played in the first loss to Denver. I think Collins played in the Dallas win. I think that was his last game.
