NBA poised to approve 22-team return for virus-hit season

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Under the plan, each of the 22 teams will play 8 regular-season games for seeding purposes for the postseason. NBA

The 16 teams currently in the playoff picture will be joined by the New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference.The Pelicans , Kings and Trail Blazers are 3 1/2 games behind the eighth-place Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference.Washington is 6 games behind the seventh-place Brooklyn Nets and 5 1/2 back of the eighth-place Orlando Magic .

Once it becomes official, the format would bring an abrupt end to the season for 8 teams languishing outside the top 22. The league wants to have daily testing and if a player tests positive he would be isolated and quarantined. The others would carry on playing while still being tested on a daily basis.

 

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