A champion will finally be crowned for the 2019-20 NBA season after a global pandemic halted the NBA and the rest of the world for nearly five months back in March. The league took extreme measures to ensure that the remainder of the season could be completed safely, which involved creating a bubble-like environment to limit the exposure of COVID-19 among players, coaches and all those needed to make the rest of this season possible.
Now, after two months of regular season play and the earlier rounds of the postseason, the 2020 NBA Finals will take place between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. The Lakers were one of the early season favorites to be in the Finals, while the Heat became the surprise team of the bubble to best the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics in back-to-back rounds to earn their spot here. Now it all comes down to this.
Here's everything you need to know heading into Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Heat.
Viewing information
- Date: Wednesday, Sept. 30 | 9 p.m. ET
- Location: Disney Wide World of Sports -- Orlando, Florida
- TV: ABC | Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free) in select markets, including L.A.
- Odds: Lakers -4.5 | Over/Under: 217.5