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The season started just 72 days after the completion of the 2020 NBA Finals, the shortest off-season in league history. [2] The 2021 NBA All-Star Game was played on March 7, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and was won by Team LeBron, 170–150. For the first time, the NBA staged a play-in tournament for teams ranked 7th through 10th in each ...
The 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers entered the season following a playoff defeat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the play-in tournament .
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season. With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021.
The 2020–21 Denver Nuggets season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the franchise's 54th season of existence overall. On May 3, the Nuggets officially clinched a playoff spot for the third consecutive season. [ 2 ]
The Knicks faced the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs, [6] losing in five games. [ 7 ] After the regular season, Julius Randle was named NBA Most Improved Player , [ 8 ] while head coach Tom Thibodeau was named the NBA Coach of the Year , becoming the first Knicks head coach since Pat Riley in 1992–93 to receive the ...
The 2020–21 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 76ers replaced Brett Brown [ 1 ] with former Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers on October 3. [ 2 ]
The 2020–21 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' 75th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the regular season for the league began on December 22, 2020, and featured a 72-game schedule rather than the typical 82-game schedule. [ 1 ]
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in 50 years and second overall.