The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks were head and shoulders atop their respective conference standings when the NBA suspended operations due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
So regardless of how the league plans to resume the 2019-20 regular season, it’s understood that the Lakers and Bucks should receive some of the advantages of likely maintaining those No. 1 seeds.
However, with the season likely resuming in a bubble at Walt Disney World, the NBA is looking to get creative in other ways too. As teams hope to recoup some of the money that’s been lost, having just 16 teams enter the bubble may not be conducive.