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NBA Restart
The NBA was one of the major sports leagues to have a plan to come back during the pandemic. Commissioner Adam Silver and the NBA Players Association came to an agreement for having 22 teams that were in playoff contention go to a bubble. The bubble is an isolated places where players and team personal cannot exit or enter without the permission of the league and was instituted to isolate the league from the COVID-19 and the world. Prior to reopening the bubble many teams got permission to open up their training facilities capping the amount of players allowed at 4 at a time. The NBA bubble ends up being at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. They resumed the season on July 30th and planned on starting the playoffs august 17th with the finals being in the window of Sept 30th- October 14th. The NBA bubble ended up being a successful bubble in terms of transmission prevention. During the leagues time closed off from the rest of the world in Orlando nobody from team staff or players tested positive for the virus and the Los Angeles Lakers ended up winning their 17th NBA title.