2019–20 NBA season explained

2019–20 NBA season
League:National Basketball Association
Sport:Basketball
No Of Teams:30
Tv:ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV
Draft:Draft
Draft Link:2019 NBA draft
Top Pick:Zion Williamson
Picked By:New Orleans Pelicans
Season:Regular season
Top Seed:Milwaukee Bucks
Mvp:Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee)
Top Scorer:James Harden (Houston)
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:2020 NBA playoffs
Conf1:Eastern
Conf1 Link:Eastern Conference (NBA)
Conf1 Champ:Miami Heat
Conf1 Runner-Up:Boston Celtics
Conf2:Western
Conf2 Link:Western Conference (NBA)
Conf2 Champ:Los Angeles Lakers
Conf2 Runner-Up:Denver Nuggets
Finals:Finals
Finals Link:2020 NBA Finals
Finals Champ:Los Angeles Lakers
Finals Runner-Up:Miami Heat
Finals Mvp:LeBron James (L.A. Lakers)
Finals Mvp Link:Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
Seasonslist:List of NBA seasons
Seasonslistnames:NBA
Prevseason Link:2018–19 NBA season
Prevseason Year:2018–19
Nextseason Link:2020–21 NBA season
Nextseason Year:2020–21

The 2019–20 NBA season was the 74th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2019, and originally was supposed to end on April 15, 2020. The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 16, at the United Center in Chicago, and was won by Team LeBron, 157–155. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin on April 18, and end with the NBA Finals in June. On January 26, the season took an abrupt delicate turn when Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who was less than four years into retirement from the league, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others.[1] A number of tributes and memorials were issued, and the All-Star MVP Award was renamed in Bryant's honor.[2]

The season was suspended on March 11 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the suspension, teams had played between 63 and 67 games.

On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan to restart the season on July 30, and the National Basketball Players Association approved this plan the next day. Under the plan, 22 teams played eight additional regular season games to determine playoff seeding, and 16 teams entered a conventional postseason tournament. All of these games took place in the NBA Bubble, an isolation zone specifically created for NBA operations at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida.

On August 26, the season was suspended for a second time by a wildcat strike, to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and police brutality, during the playoffs.[3] [4] Play resumed three days later on August 29. The Finals ended on October 11, 2020, 355 days after the October 22, 2019, regular season opening day, and 377 days after the first pre-season games on September 30, 2019. This was the longest season in NBA history.[5]

Transactions

See main article: List of 2019–20 NBA season transactions.

Retirement

Free agency

Free agency negotiations began on June 30, 2019, at 6 p.m. ET, unlike July 1 from previous seasons.[18] Players officially signed after the July moratorium on July 6 at 12 p.m. ET.[19]

Coaching changes

Coaching changes
Team 2018–19 season 2019–20 season
Off–season
John Beilein
Frank Vogel
Taylor Jenkins
Monty Williams
Luke Walton
In-season
Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach
Mike Miller
J. B. Bickerstaff
Jacque Vaughn

Off-season

In-season

Preseason

The preseason began on September 30 and ended on October 18.[38]

International games

The Indiana Pacers and the Sacramento Kings played two preseason games at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai, India on October 4 and 5, 2019.[39] [40] [41]

The Toronto Raptors and the Houston Rockets played two preseason games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan on October 8 and 10, 2019.[42] [43]

The Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets played two preseason games in China, in Shanghai on October 10 and in Shenzhen on October 12.[44] [45] [46]

The Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks played one preseason game in Canada, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on October 17.[47] [48]

Regular season

The 2019–20 schedule was released on August 12, 2019,[49] [50] and the regular season began on October 22, 2019.

On March 11, 2020, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reformatted regular season, with 8 more games scheduled for 22 qualified teams going to the NBA Bubble in Orlando, was released on June 26. The regular season resumed play within the bubble on July 30.

Eastern Conference
  • Western Conference

    • By conference

    Notes

    International games

    The Charlotte Hornets and the Milwaukee Bucks played at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France on January 24, 2020, marking the first NBA regular season game in France.[51] [52]

    On June 7, 2019, the NBA announced that the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, and San Antonio Spurs would play at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, marking the first time that four NBA teams would play in Mexico City in one regular season. The Mavericks and Pistons played on December 12, 2019, and the Spurs and Suns played on December 14, 2019.[53] [54] [55]

    Play-in game

    A play-in game took place in the Western Conference, as the ninth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies finished within four games of the eighth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. The eighth seed started with a 1–0 lead and needed just one win to advance, while the ninth seed needed to win twice to clinch the final playoff spot. Portland won the play-in game 126–122 to enter the playoffs as the eighth seed.

    Playoffs

    See main article: 2020 NBA playoffs.

    The 2020 NBA playoffs began on August 17 and ended with the NBA Finals, which began on September 30 and ended on October 11.

    Bracket

    Death of Kobe Bryant

    On January 26, 2020, less than four weeks after commissioner emeritus David Stern died from a brain hemorrhage at age 77,[56] recently retired Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were tragically killed when the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter that they were on board crashed into a hillside in the city of Calabasas, California, around northwest of Downtown Los Angeles, while en route from John Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport.[57] [58] Bryant was 41, the accident left behind no survivors and alongside the Bryants were seven others: baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri, their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, Sarah Chester, her 13-year-old daughter Payton, basketball coach Christina Mauser, and the pilot, Ara Zobayan.[58] All occupants were killed on impact and on January 28, Bryant's identity was officially confirmed using fingerprints.[59] The following day, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner stated that the official cause of death for him and the eight others on the helicopter was blunt force trauma.[60] A year later on February 9, 2021, the cause of the crash was officially determined to be Zobayan experiencing spatial disorientation due to heavy fog in the Los Angeles area that morning.[61] [62]

    There were eight NBA games that were scheduled to be played on the day of the accident, the first of which being between the Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets, as Pepsi Center (now Ball Arena) was the first NBA arena to acknowledge Bryant's death with the Nuggets holding a brief tribute prior to tip-off and concluding the memorial with the message "Rest in Peace, Mamba". Due to that game tipping off just minutes after the news was revealed for the first time, that game went on as scheduled as Denver defeated Houston, 117–110.[63] There were reportedly conversations held among league authorities on whether or not to cancel any of the other games that day, however every game ultimately went on as planned, partly due to many feeling that Bryant himself would have wanted the games to go on.[64] [65] [66] Of the remaining seven games played that day, beginning with the Toronto Raptors at San Antonio Spurs game, every matchup featured each side intentionally taking either an 8-second violation or a 24-second shot clock violation on their very first possession to start the game, serving as a homage to Bryant's number 8 jersey, which he wore from 1996–2006, and his number 24 jersey, which he donned from 2006–2016. These violation tributes were initially proposed by Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and the rest of the league subsequently followed suit throughout the rest of the Sunday.[67] Notably, Kyrie Irving, who at the time was a member of the Brooklyn Nets, excused himself and left Madison Square Garden prior to tip-off against the New York Knicks, upon learning of Bryant’s death. Irving, who considered Bryant to be a mentor, often trained with Kobe and was and continues to be very close with the Bryant family.[68]

    The previous evening on January 25, LeBron James passed Bryant for third place on the NBA's all-time scoring list during a road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Bryant's hometown. James would eventually surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to stand alone as the NBA's all time leading scorer three years later on February 7, 2023. The Los Angeles Lakers learned of Bryant's death while flying back to Los Angeles from Philadelphia the following day, leaving everyone on board the flight in absolute shock and it was not long until their January 28 meeting with the crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers was postponed.[69] This marked the first time an NBA game was postponed for any reason since nearly seven years earlier when the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing led to the postponement of a Celtics game. The Lakers did not play a game in the wake of Bryant's death until January 31 when they hosted the Portland Trail Blazers on ESPN.[70] Prior to the commencement of the game, the Lakers conducted a 24-minute long, heavily detailed tribute to Bryant, his daughter and the seven other victims. This tribute began with Usher performing “Amazing Grace” and was capped off by a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by Boyz II Men before being concluded with a speech from James, who initially had a monologue prepared, but quickly tossed his index card onto the hardwood after saying “Laker Nation man, I would be selling y’all short if I read off this shit, so I’m going to go straight from the heart”, as he proceeded to address a sorrowful Staples Center crowd with an emotional, improvised oration, ending his speech with “…so in the words of Kobe Bryant: ‘Mamba out’, but in the words of us: ‘not forgotten’, live on brother”.[71] Following the eulogy, each member of the Lakers’ starting five would be introduced with Bryant’s credentials.[72] Portland won 127–119, in what turned out to be the second most watched NBA broadcast ever in ESPN's history, averaging 4.41 million viewers.[73] The first ever head-to-head meeting between Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming in 2003 was the only one with more viewers.[74]

    The NBA also renamed the NBA All Star Game MVP Award to the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player award, with Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers being the inaugural recipient, who a few days after the crash revealed that he and Bryant shared the same pilot, Ara Zobayan, who also lost his life in the accident.[75] The 2020 NBA All Star Game saw every player on Team LeBron wear the jersey number two for Gianna and every player on Team Giannis wear the jersey number 24 for Kobe. The All Star Game also temporarily changed to an Echelon-style format starting in 2020 with the leading score at the end of the third quarter plus 24 (Bryant's jersey number from 2006–2016) acting as the target score. This format would be scrapped however in 2023, with that year’s game in Salt Lake City being the final one under this format. The postponed Lakers-Clippers game was originally planned to be made up on April 9, however due to the suspension of the season on March 11, it was made up at the very beginning of the NBA restart on July 30 with the Lakers emerging victorious 103–101.[76]

    On February 7, Bryant and his daughter were buried in a private funeral in Pacific View Memorial Park in the Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach, California.[77] A public memorial service was held on February 24 (2/24, marking both Kobe's and Gianna's jersey numbers) at the Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena) with Jimmy Kimmel hosting. Speakers at the service included Bryant's widowed wife Vanessa, Michael Jordan, and Shaquille O'Neal, along with Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi and Geno Auriemma, Taurasi's coach at Connecticut, where Gianna had been aspiring to play.[78] [79] [80]

    On October 11, 2020, the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat 4–2 in the 2020 NBA Finals to capture their 17th championship in franchise history and would dedicate the victory and their season to Bryant.[81]

    In his first year of eligibility, Bryant was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, just less than three weeks after his death,[82] before being posthumously inducted in April 2020.[83] His formal induction was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[84] In October 2021, Bryant was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.[85]

    Suspension of season and restart

    See main article: Suspension of the 2019–20 NBA season. On March 11, 2020, the game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was abruptly postponed shortly before tipoff after it was discovered that the Jazz's player Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.[86] That same evening, the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was also postponed last minute once it was discovered that a referee for the game, Courtney Kirkland, had worked a Utah Jazz game just two days prior.[87] Kirkland later tested negative for COVID-19.[88] The NBA then suspended the remainder of the 2019–20 season "until further notice" following the completion of games already underway.[89] This was the first time a regular season had been interrupted since the 2011 NBA lockout. The following day, Gobert's teammate Donovan Mitchell also tested positive.[90] On March 14, Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood became the third NBA player to test positive for the virus, and the first outside of the Jazz.[91] On March 17, four Brooklyn Nets players, including superstar Kevin Durant, tested positive for the virus.[92] On March 19, two players for the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics, tested positive for COVID-19. All players recovered and were cleared by local health officials.[93] [94] [95] [96] [97]

    On May 23, it was announced that the NBA were in negotiations with The Walt Disney Company about the possibility to finish the season at Walt Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.[98] On May 29, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the league office informed Board of Governors that July 31 was the target date for a season return.[99]

    On June 4, the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan to restart the season on July 31 in Orlando. Under this plan, 13 Western Conference teams and nine Eastern Conference teams, all clubs within six games of a playoff spot, would play eight regular-season "seeding" games. Play-in games for the eighth seed in each conference would then be held if the ninth seed finishes the regular season within four games of the eighth seed.[100] This proposal was then approved by members of the National Basketball Players Association on June 5.[101]

    Players boycott

    See also: 2020 American athlete strikes. On August 26, 2020, the Milwaukee Bucks chose not to play in game 5 of the playoff series against the Orlando Magic to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.[102] The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced that, in light of the Milwaukee Bucks striking for their game, the following games of the day would be postponed.[103] The Toronto Raptors had also discussed striking for their second-round playoff series with the Boston Celtics in frustration with a lack of social or legislative change after the murder of George Floyd and as a result of Blake's shooting before the Bucks' strike a few days later.[104]

    Medical protocol for season restart

    See main article: 2020 NBA Bubble. On June 16, 2020, the NBA released a medical protocol to be used during the season restart in the NBA Bubble at Walt Disney World to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches, officials, and staff.[105] [106] This included regular testing for COVID-19 prior to and throughout the season restart, wearing a face covering or mask, and social distancing to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 from occurring. Players and coaches who were deemed "high-risk individuals" by their team, or players who had already suffered season-ending injuries prior to season suspension, were not permitted to play and also did not lose any salary. Any player who was medically cleared could also decline to participate, but as a result lost their corresponding paychecks.[107]

    Phase 1 of the plan ran from June 16 to 22, consisting of players traveling back to the home cities of their respective teams. In Phase 2 from June 23 to 30, COVID-19 tests began being administered to players every other day. In Phase 3 from July 1 to 11, mandatory individual workouts were conducted at team facilities, but group workouts were prohibited.[105]

    Phase 4 ran from July 7 to 21, consisting of the teams traveling to Disney World and conducting practices. Any player who tested positive in the previous phases could not travel until he was medically cleared to do so. Once teams arrive in Orlando, players and staff were isolated in their rooms, requiring to pass two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests 24 hours apart before being let out of this quarantine.[105] They were still regularly tested for COVID-19 afterwards. A player who tested positive would be isolated and re-tested in case of a false positive; if COVID-19 was definitely confirmed, he would be quarantined for at least 14 days to recover.[107]

    Players and staff were not permitted into another's room, nor were they be able to socialize with players on other teams staying at a different hotel building. They had access to food and recreational activities within their hotel's bubble, but they had to wear masks indoors except when eating. Anybody who left the bubble without prior approval had to be quarantined for at least 10 days.[107]

    During Phase 5 from July 22 to 29, teams played three scrimmages against the other teams staying at the same hotel. During Phase 6, when the regular-season seeding games and playoffs were under way and teams began to be eliminated from contention, players and staff on those clubs had to pass one final COVID-19 test before they could leave Disney World.[107]

    The NBA also set up an anonymous hotline for players to report protocol violations while in the bubble.[108] [109]

    Statistics

    Individual statistic leaders

    Category Player Team(s) Statistic
    Points per game 34.3
    Rebounds per game 15.2
    Assists per game 10.2
    Steals per game 2.1
    Blocks per game 2.9
    Turnovers per game 4.8
    Fouls per game 4.1
    Minutes per game Portland Trail Blazers 37.5
    FG% 74.2%
    FT% Brad WanamakerBoston Celtics92.6%
    3FG% 46.0%
    Efficiency per game Milwaukee Bucks 34.6
    Double-doubles Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks 56
    Triple-doubles 17

    Individual game highs

    Category Player Team Statistic
    Points 61
    Rebounds 25
    Assists 19
    Dallas Mavericks
    Steals 7
    Toronto Raptors
    Orlando Magic
    New York Knicks
    New York Knicks
    Phoenix Suns
    Toronto Raptors
    Blocks Portland Trail Blazers10
    Three-pointers 13

    Team statistic leaders

    Category Team Statistic
    Points per game 118.7
    Rebounds per game Milwaukee Bucks 51.7
    Assists per game 27.2
    Steals per game 10.0
    Blocks per game 6.6
    Turnovers per game 12.6
    FG% Los Angeles Lakers 48.0%
    FT% Phoenix Suns 83.4%
    3FG% 38.0%
    +/− Milwaukee Bucks +10.1

    Awards

    Yearly awards

    While the statistics from the seeding games were counted towards players' regular season totals, the NBA ruled that its end-of-season awards were only based on games through March 11 and excluded the seeding games.[110] Finalist for the major awards were announced during the seeding games.[111] Due to the pandemic, the NBA Awards show held the prior three years was cancelled, and award winners were instead announced on TNT during their coverage of the 2020 playoffs.[112] [113]

    2019–20 NBA awards
    Award Recipient(s) Finalists[114]
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) James Harden (Houston Rockets)
    LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
    Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)
    Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) Kendrick Nunn (Miami Heat)
    Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans)
    Montrezl Harrell (Los Angeles Clippers)Dennis Schröder (Oklahoma City Thunder)
    Lou Williams (Los Angeles Clippers)
    Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans) Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
    Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks)
    Nick Nurse (Toronto Raptors) Mike Budenholzer (Milwaukee Bucks)
    Billy Donovan (Oklahoma City Thunder)
    Lawrence Frank (Los Angeles Clippers)Sam Presti (Oklahoma City Thunder)
    Pat Riley (Miami Heat)
    Vince Carter (Atlanta Hawks)Steven Adams (Oklahoma City Thunder)
    Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings)
    Langston Galloway (Detroit Pistons)
    Tyus Jones (Memphis Grizzlies)
    Garrett Temple (Brooklyn Nets)
    Malcolm Brogdon (Indiana Pacers)Jrue Holiday (New Orleans Pelicans)
    Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers)
    Josh Okogie (Minnesota Timberwolves)
    Lloyd Pierce (Atlanta Hawks)
    Jrue Holiday (New Orleans Pelicans)Tobias Harris (Philadelphia 76ers)
    Kyle Korver (Milwaukee Bucks)
    Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings)
    Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)
    George Hill (Milwaukee Bucks)
    Chris Paul (Oklahoma City Thunder)
    Dwight Powell (Dallas Mavericks)

    [115]

    [116]

    [117]

    Players of the Week

    The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.

    WeekEastern ConferenceWestern Conferenceclass=unsortableRef
    October 22–27 (Atlanta Hawks) (1/1) (Minnesota Timberwolves) (1/1)[118]
    (Milwaukee Bucks) (1/4) (Los Angeles Lakers) (1/2)[119]
    November 4–10 (Toronto Raptors) (1/2) (Houston Rockets) (1/2)[120]
    November 11–17 (Orlando Magic) (1/1)James Harden (Houston Rockets) (2/2)[121]
    November 18–24 (Brooklyn Nets) (1/1) (Dallas Mavericks) (1/1)[122]
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (2/4) (Portland Trail Blazers) (1/1)[123] [124]
    December 2–8 (Miami Heat) (1/1)Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) (2/2)[125]
    December 9–15 (Miami Heat) (1/1) (Los Angeles Lakers) (1/3)[126]
    December 16–22 (Toronto Raptors) (1/1) (Oklahoma City Thunder) (1/1)[127]
    December 23–29 (Boston Celtics) (1/2) (New Orleans Pelicans) (1/1)[128] [129]
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (3/4)LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) (2/3)[130]
    January 6–12 (Philadelphia 76ers) (1/1) (San Antonio Spurs) (1/1)[131]
    January 13–19 (Philadelphia 76ers) (1/1) (Los Angeles Clippers) (1/1)[132] [133]
    January 20–26Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors) (2/2) (Portland Trail Blazers) (1/2)[134] [135]
    Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics) (2/2)Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) (2/2)[136]
    February 3–9 (Boston Celtics) (1/1) (Denver Nuggets) (1/1)[137] [138]
    Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (4/4) (Dallas Mavericks) (1/1)[139] [140]
    March 2–8 (Toronto Raptors) (1/1)LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) (3/3)[141]

    Players of the Month

    The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.

    MonthEastern Conference Western Conferenceclass=unsortableRef
    October/NovemberGiannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (1/3)Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks) (1/1)[142]
    DecemberGiannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (2/3)James Harden (Houston Rockets) (1/1)[143]
    JanuaryGiannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) (3/3)LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) (1/2)[144]
    FebruaryJayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) (1/1)LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) (2/2)[145]

    Rookies of the Month

    The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.

    MonthEastern ConferenceWestern Conferenceclass=unsortableRef
    October/NovemberKendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) (1/3)Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) (1/3)[146] [147]
    DecemberKendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) (2/3)Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) (2/3)[148] [149]
    JanuaryKendrick Nunn (Miami Heat) (3/3)Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies) (3/3)[150] [151]
    FebruaryCoby White (Chicago Bulls) (1/1)Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans) (1/1)[152] [153]

    Coaches of the Month

    The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month.

    MonthEastern ConferenceWestern Conferenceclass=unsortableRef
    October/NovemberNick Nurse (Toronto Raptors) (1/2)Frank Vogel (Los Angeles Lakers) (1/1)[154] [155]
    DecemberMike Budenholzer (Milwaukee Bucks) (1/2)Billy Donovan (Oklahoma City Thunder) (1/1)[156] [157]
    JanuaryNick Nurse (Toronto Raptors) (2/2)Taylor Jenkins (Memphis Grizzlies) (1/1)[158] [159]
    FebruaryMike Budenholzer (Milwaukee Bucks) (2/2)Mike D'Antoni (Houston Rockets) (1/1)[160] [161]

    Seeding games

    Awards for seeding games play were also announced, with Damian Lillard named Player of the Seeding Games after averaging 37.6 points per game.[162]

    Seeding Games awards
    Award Recipient(s)
    Player of the Seeding GamesDamian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)
    Coach of the Seeding GamesMonty Williams (Phoenix Suns)
    All-Seeding Games First TeamDevin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
    Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks)
    James Harden (Houston Rockets)
    Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers)
    T. J. Warren (Indiana Pacers)
    All-Seeding Games Second TeamGiannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)
    Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)
    Caris LeVert (Brooklyn Nets)
    Michael Porter Jr. (Denver Nuggets)
    Kristaps Porziņģis (Dallas Mavericks)

    Arenas

    Media

    This was the fourth year of the current nine-year contracts with ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV.[168]

    Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the Fox Sports Regional Networks were required to be sold off to third parties by June 18, 2019.[169] Fox also invoked a clause to give Yankee Global Enterprises the rights to buy their stake back in the YES Network, which aired the local broadcasts to the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.[170] Including YES, the Fox Sports Regional Networks held the local TV rights to a combined total of 44 NHL, NBA, and MLB teams.[171] On March 8, YES was sold to a consortium including Yankee Global Enterprises, Amazon, and Sinclair Broadcast Group for $3.5 billion.[172] Then on May 3, Sinclair and Entertainment Studios agreed to purchase the rest of the Fox Sports Regional Networks.[173] The networks continued to temporarily use the Fox Sports name under a transitional license agreement while Sinclair explored re-branding options.[174]

    Notable occurrences

    See also

    Notes and References

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