The NBA has announced its return plan, with 22 teams invited to Orlando for eight regular-season games before the 2020 playoffs. The league’s 16 playoff teams will head down to Disney World, joined by the six teams within six games of the No. 8 seed in their respective conference. Only a smattering of contests remain before the playoffs, but for Washington, Portland, New Orleans, Phoenix, Sacramento and San Antonio, the door is cracked to slip into the playoffs. The field hasn’t been set quite yet.
The aforementioned sextet doesn’t even need to snag the No. 8 seed to have a chance at the playoffs.