NBA lockout explained

The NBA lockout may refer to any of the four lockouts in the history of the National Basketball Association:

• The 1995 NBA lockout, which lasted for three months before the 1995–96 season.^[1]
• The 1996 NBA lockout, which lasted for a couple of hours before the 1996–97 season.^[1]
• The 1998-99 NBA lockout, which lasted for more than six months and forced the 1998-99 season to be shortened to 50 regular season games per team and that season's All-Star Game to be canceled.
• The 2011 NBA lockout, which lasted for five months and forced the 2011-12 season to be shortened to 66 regular season games per team.

See also

• MLB lockout
• MLS lockout
• NFL lockout
• NHL lockout

Notes and References

1. News: NBA Lockout Chronology . January 6, 1999 . Associated Press . sportsillustrated.cnn.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214004903/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/1999/01/05/lockout_chronology/ . dead . February 14, 2012.