Report: NBA games to be played "all day long"

NBA games will reportedly be played "all day long" when season returns in Orlando

Get ready for basketball "all day long," according to Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins.

Though the NBA has yet to announce an official schedule, Martins told Orange County Florida officials that the NBA will be "played all day long at three different facilities at the ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World," according to Keith Smith.

No official schedule release yet from the NBA, but Magic CEO Alex Martins told Orange County officials this morning that games will be played "all day long" inside three arenas at Disney when the season restarts. A "stringent sanitation process" will take place between games.

— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) June 24, 2020

Smith Tweeted that the NBA's first game is expected to start in the early afternoon, with the subsequent games staggered after two-hour cleaning periods.

The assumption most around the NBA have is that each facility at EWWS will host 2-3 games per day. First game will probably start early afternoon, then a break of 2+ hours for cleaning, then the next game. Staggered schedule between the three facilities for TV windows. https://t.co/0kxp13cPR9

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) June 24, 2020

The games will likely be aired on each team's regional sports network, according to Smith, meaning the Toronto Raptors will have their games split between TSN and Sportsnet.

The NBA season is scheduled to return in Orlando on July 30 with 22 teams competing in eight regular season games before the playoffs commence on August 17.

The Toronto Raptors are currently in Fort Myers, Florida, where they will train for the next few weeks until relocating to Orlando before the season returns.

The league has begun testing players for COVID-19 and coronavirus antibodies as of Tuesday, June 24. 

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Correction: June 24, 2020

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the NBA's return date as June 30. The NBA will return on July 30.