NBA adopted bubble isolation in the rematch of last season to write down the zero diagnosis effect. Now the new season is still facing the outbreak of the nationwide epidemic, and this time the teams will return to the home court to play, which will greatly increase the risk of mobile infection. Facing more severe challenges has also led the league to formulate stricter penalties. It is hoped that all team personnel can abide by relevant regulations on epidemic prevention.
"ESPN" reporter Adrian Wojnarowski reported that NBA officials will issue strict policies to warn teams that if they fail to abide by the epidemic prevention regulations and cause an outbreak or endanger other teams and cause game delays, the league will impose fines, ban games, lower draft picks, and retract Severe punishments such as drafting rights or confiscation of the game and direct judgment of loss. According to the 158-page health and safety guide issued by the
alliance, players and staff cannot go to bars, nightclubs, hotel parlors, public stadiums, spas, swimming pools, and large indoor social gathering places in their cities. Players who play games on the away team can dine outdoors. If they dine indoors, they must have a completely isolated private space, or go to a restaurant approved by the league.
In addition, when players play away games, the room can only allow up to 2 guests to enter, and they must be family members or long-term friends. Short-term or online acquaintances are not allowed to enter. Family members such as players and staff conduct nucleic acid tests twice a week. The league encourages all relevant personnel to take enhanced epidemic prevention measures throughout the season.
At the same time, once the COVID-19 vaccine is proven safe and effective, the NBA will immediately meet with the players union to discuss whether to use the vaccine. The above seemingly relatively strict regulations are all necessary measures taken in extraordinary times. However, some people questioned how the NBA officials should simultaneously control player activities in different cities or whether they comply with the regulations. Let the season go on normally and the related economy, the NBA is a big risk this time. After talking about the rules, let's take a look at the first half of the season schedule announced by the NBA. In order to revive the ratings, we also arranged a number of topical battle combinations. Including the opening game with the Brooklyn Nets and the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant, who has returned from injury, will face the former club. The Christmas Contest included LeBron James vs. Luca Doncic and Antetokounmpo vs. Stephen Curry.
"Yahoo Sports" also selected several classic duels in the first half of the season schedule from December 22 to March 4. On January 8th, the New Orleans Pelicans will face the Charlotte Hornets. The two brothers will face off for the first time in the NBA. The player who plays for the New Orleans Pelicans and the Charlotte Hornets are in the same room.
On January 26, the Houston Rockets played at home against the Washington Wizards. On February 15, the Wizards played at home against the Rockets. John Wall hasn't played since December 2018. He will fight against Wei Shao, who has swapped clubs. The latter will once again compete with his friend James Harden, who has only cooperated for one season.
On January 18, the Brooklyn Nets played against the Milwaukee Bucks at home, the Bucks played at home against the Los Angeles Lakers on January 21, and the Lakers played against the Nets on February 18. Durant, James, Antetokounmpo and other three players may be the top three players in the league today, and they are bound to detonate the topic of the league's first man battle.
The Warriors will face the Portland Trail Blazers on January 1st and 3rd, and the Trail Blazers will host the Warriors on March 3rd. The two sides have met several times in the playoffs in the past, and the Warriors have won 12 of the 13 playoff games. Curry and Lillard's oversized three-pointer matchup is worth seeing.
On February 3, the Atlanta Hawks will play against the Dallas Mavericks at home, and on February 10 they will play the Dallas Mavericks at home. Treyang and Doncic, who swapped picks in the 2018 NBA Draft, have played against each other in their careers.
NBA also announced the number of national live games for each team in the 2020-21 season. The Lakers ranked first with 16 games, and the Celtics, Mavericks, Pelicans, and Warriors all tied for second with 14 national live games. many.
The specific rankings are as follows: Lakers 16 games, Celtics 14 games, Mavericks 14 games, Pelicans 14 games, Warriors 14 games, Nets 13 games, Bucks 12 games, Clippers 11 games, Heat 10 games, 76 9 games for the People, 9 for the Suns, 7 for the Rockets, 6 for the Nuggets, 5 for the Trail Blazers, 4 for the Jazz, 4 for the Raptors, 3 for the Grizzlies, and 2 for the Pacers. Bull, eagle, Hornets, Knicks and Timberwolves all have only one national live game. The first half of the
Eagles schedule has only one national live broadcast. The head guard Tre Young updated Twitter and forwarded the national live broadcast statistics of the first half of the team's schedule next season, and wrote: Let them go. Z1z
is also dissatisfied with Grizzlies guard Morant, who also reposted the statistics of the national live broadcasts released by the media on Twitter, and commented on a dumbfounding emoji.
