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How The Rumored 1-16 NBA Playoff Seeding Would Impact Lakers

If and when the 2019-20 NBA season resumes, the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year playoff drought will end. That much we do know.

As the current top seed in the Western Conference, in a normal year the Lakers would have home-court advantage through the Conference Finals and a matchup with the eight-place team in the first round, which is currently the Memphis Grizzlies.

However, this is not a normal season.

It appears likely that the NBA will be housed at Walt Disney World in Florida when play resumes, with all teams playing in one location.