The NBA regular season was set to end on April 15, with the playoffs due to start on April 18 heading toward the June NBA Finals. "I don't want to leave the suggestion that we're not doing everything we possibly can to restart under the right circumstances," Silver said. Silver said the league was still considering resuming play without fans, whether in NBA arenas, at practice facilities or in a single site tournament-style playoffs. "The health of everyone involved in the NBA has to come first." Silver noted that the NBA, and sports in general, were among the first US businesses to cease operations as health authorities counselled social distancing to slow the spread of the virus.

Source: Daily Nation April 07, 2020 01:07 UTC