The Long Island Nets will be back in action Wednesday, one of 18 teams participating in the G League “bubble” (“gubble?”) down at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, the same venue the NBA took over last summer.
The regular season is down-sized from 28 teams and 50 games to a highly compact schedule. Long Island is set to play 15 games in 25 days beginning Wednesday night against the Iowa Wolves, Minnesota’s affiliate, followed by an eight-team, single-elimination playoff tournament in early March. Typically, the regular season would consist of five-month schedule plus a more robust playoffs.