No more excuses. For the majority of the teams taking part in the NBA restart, the eight seeding games meant not much more than a pre-season scrimmage. This state of things change Monday when the 2020 NBA Playoffs begin in the Orlando bubble, bringing the longed-for competitiveness back on the court.
It was only fitting that the first-of-a-kind play-in tournament between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Portland Trail Blazers served as a prelude to the postseason extravaganza.
In the year when nothing has been ordinary, the two Western Conference teams battled it out for the No.