On March 11, 2020, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the suspension, teams had played between 63 and 67 games. On July 30 , a reformatted regular season, with 8 more games scheduled for 22 qualified teams, resumed play, all of which took place within a quarantine bubble at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex inside Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida.
First Round
Semi-Finals
Conf. Finals
Finals
MIL 4
ORL 1
IND 0
MIA 4
BOS 4
PHI 0
TOR 4
BKN 0
LAL 4
POR 1
HOU 4
OKC 3
DEN 4
UTA 3
LAC 4
DAL 2
MIL 1
MIA 4
TOR 3
BOS 4
LAL 4
HOU 1
LAC 3
DEN 4
BOS 2
MIA 4
LAL 4
DEN 1
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LAL 4
MIA 2
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2019-20 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers
The 22 top teams in the league at the time of the suspension played eight additional regular season games to determine playoff seeding, with 16 of those teams playing in a conventional postseason tournament. If the ninth seed within a conference would have finished the regular season within four games of the eighth seed, they would have then competed in a play-in series. A play-in game took place in the Western Conference, as the ninth seeded Memphis finished within four games of the eighth seeded Portland. 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.

Play-in Game

Single game matchup
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/15Memphis 122-126 Portland POR 1-0

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/17 Dallas 110-118 LA Clippers LAC 1-0
8/19 Dallas 127-114 LA Clippers Tied 1-1
8/21 LA Clippers 130-122 Dallas LAC 2-1
8/23 LA Clippers 133-135
OT
Dallas Tied 2-2
8/25 Dallas 111-154 LA Clippers LAC 3-2
8/30 LA Clippers 111-97 Dallas LAC 4-2

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/17 Utah 125-135
OT
Denver DEN 1-0
8/19 Utah 124-105 Denver Tied 1-1
8/21 Denver 87-124 Utah UTA 2-1
8/23 Denver 127-129 Utah UTA 3-1
8/25 Utah 107-117 Denver UTA 3-2
8/30 Denver 119-107 Utah Tied 3-3
9/1 Utah 78-80 Denver DEN 4-3

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/18 Oklahoma City 108-123 Houston HOU 1-0
8/20 Oklahoma City 98-111 Houston HOU 2-0
8/22 Houston 107-119
OT
Oklahoma City HOU 2-1
8/24 Houston 114-117 Oklahoma City Tied 2-2
8/29 Oklahoma City 80-114 Houston HOU 3-2
8/31 Houston 100-104 Oklahoma City Tied 3-3
9/2 Oklahoma City 102-104 Houston HOU 4-3

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/18 Portland 100-93 LA Lakers POR 1-0
8/20 Portland 88-111 LA Lakers Tied 1-1
8/22 LA Lakers 116-108 Portland LAL 2-1
8/24 LA Lakers 135-115 Portland LAL 3-1
8/29 Portland 122-131 LA Lakers LAL 4-1

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/17 Brooklyn 110-134 Toronto TOR 1-0
8/19 Brooklyn 99-104 Toronto TOR 2-0
8/21 Toronto 117-92 Brooklyn TOR 3-0
8/23 Toronto 150-122 Brooklyn TOR 4-0

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/17 Philadelphia 101-109 Boston BOS 1-0
8/19 Philadelphia 101-128 Boston BOS 2-0
8/21 Boston 102-94 Philadelphia BOS 3-0
8/23 Boston 110-106 Philadelphia BOS 4-0

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/18 Miami 113-101 Indiana MIA 1-0
8/20 Miami 109-100 Indiana MIA 2-0
8/22 Indiana 115-124 Miami MIA 3-0
8/24 Indiana 87-99 Miami MIA 4-0

First Round

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/18 Orlando 122-110 Milwaukee ORL 1-0
8/20 Orlando 96-111 Milwaukee Tied 1-1
8/22 Milwaukee 121-107 Orlando MIL 2-1
8/24 Milwaukee 121-106 Orlando MIL 3-1
8/29 Orlando 104-118 Milwaukee MIL 4-1

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/3 Denver 97-120 LA Clippers LAC 1-0
9/5 Denver 110-101 LA Clippers Tied 1-1
9/7 LA Clippers 113-107 Denver LAC 2-1
9/9 LA Clippers 96-85 Denver LAC 3-1
9/11 Denver 111-105 LA Clippers LAC 3-2
9/13 LA Clippers 98-111 Denver Tied 3-3
9/15 Denver 104-89 LA Clippers DEN 4-3

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/4 Houston 112-97 LA Lakers HOU 1-0
9/6 Houston 109-117 LA Lakers Tied 1-1
9/8 LA Lakers 112-102 Houston LAL 2-1
9/10 LA Lakers 110-100 Houston LAL 3-1
9/12 Houston 96-119 LA Lakers LAL 4-1

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/30 Boston 112-94 Toronto BOS 1-0
9/1 Boston 102-99 Toronto BOS 2-0
9/3 Toronto 104-103 Boston BOS 2-1
9/5 Toronto 100-93 Boston Tied 2-2
9/7 Boston 111-89 Toronto BOS 3-2
9/9 Toronto 125-122
2OT
Boston Tied 3-3
9/11 Boston 92-87 Toronto BOS 4-3

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
8/31 Miami 115-104 Milwaukee MIA 1-0
9/2 Miami 116-114 Milwaukee MIA 2-0
9/4 Milwaukee 100-115 Miami MIA 3-0
9/6 Milwaukee 118-115
OT
Miami MIA 3-1
9/8 Miami 103-94 Milwaukee MIA 4-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/18 Denver 114-126 LA Lakers LAL 1-0
9/20 Denver 103-105 LA Lakers LAL 2-0
9/22 LA Lakers 106-114 Denver LAL 2-1
9/24 LA Lakers 114-108 Denver LAL 3-1
9/26 Denver 107-117 LA Lakers LAL 4-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/15 Miami 117-114
OT
Boston MIA 1-0
9/17 Miami 106-101 Boston MIA 2-0
9/19 Boston 117-106 Miami MIA 2-1
9/23 Boston 109-112 Miami MIA 3-1
9/25 Miami 108-121 Boston MIA 3-2
9/27 Boston 113-125 Miami MIA 4-2

NBA Finals

Best of 7-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
9/30 Miami 98-116 LA Lakers LAL 1-0
10/2 Miami 114-124 LA Lakers LAL 2-0
10/4 LA Lakers 104-115 Miami LAL 2-1
10/6 LA Lakers 102-96 Miami LAL 3-1
10/9 Miami 111-108 LA Lakers LAL 3-2
10/11 LA Lakers 106-93 Miami LAL 4-2

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