INDIANAPOLIS – A season which began last October in India, could have the Pacers playing 12 months later, in front of no fans, in Orlando.
The NBA is coming back, and the Pacers will be included in the 2019-20 postseason.
While there are many questions left to be answered by the NBA, we do know that 22 teams will report to Orlando for an 8-game conclusion to the regular season, and a subsequent postseason, involving 16 teams.
Games are scheduled to begin in Orlando on July 31, as players start to trickle back to their respective NBA cities for quarantining, and then some practice time.
Indiana, which had 17 regular season games left when the regular season was suspended back on March 11, is currently the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference.
If the season picks up where it left off schedule wise, the Pacers would have these as their next 8 games (against teams still playing): 76ers, Heat, Suns, Magic, Rockets, Kings, Lakers, Clippers.
Current Eastern Conference Standings
1. Milwaukee (53-12)
2. Toronto (46-18), 6.5 games back
3. Boston (43-21), 9.5 games back
4. Miami (41-24), 12 games back
5. Indiana (39-26), 14 games back
6. Philadelphia (39-26), 14 games back
7. Brooklyn (30-34), 22.5 games back
8. Orlando (30-35), 23 games back
9. Washington (23-40), 28.5 games back
