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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LAL
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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.

First Round

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
8/18at Indiana (4)W  113-101 1-0
8/20at Indiana (4)W  109-100 2-0
8/22vs Indiana (4)W  124-115 3-0
8/24vs Indiana (4)W  99-87 4-0

Conference Semifinals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
8/31at Milwaukee (1)W  115-104 1-0
9/2at Milwaukee (1)W  116-114 2-0
9/4vs Milwaukee (1)W  115-100 3-0
9/6vs Milwaukee (1)L  115-118
OT
3-1
9/8at Milwaukee (1)W  103-94 4-1

Conference Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
9/15at Boston (3)W  117-114
OT
1-0
9/17at Boston (3)W  106-101 2-0
9/19vs Boston (3)L  106-117 2-1
9/23vs Boston (3)W  112-109 3-1
9/25at Boston (3)L  108-121 3-2
9/27vs Boston (3)W  125-113 4-2

NBA Finals

Best of 7-game series
Date    OpponentResultScoreSeries
9/30at LA Lakers (1)L  98-116 0-1
10/2at LA Lakers (1)L  114-124 0-2
10/4vs LA Lakers (1)W  115-104 1-2
10/6vs LA Lakers (1)L  96-102 1-3
10/9at LA Lakers (1)W  111-108 2-3
10/11vs LA Lakers (1)L  93-106 2-4