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NBA 2021-22: dates announced for next season

The North American league returns to a normal schedule after two challenging years, with the 2021-22 season beginning on 19 October.

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(FILES) In this file photo a detail view of the Spalding ball with NBA logo is seen during the game between the Orlando Magic and the Denver Nuggets on January 9, 2013 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. - Two more NBA games were postponed by the league on Monday due to Covid-19 and contract tracing issues, bringing the total to four in the virus-shortened 2020-21 season. The New Orleans Pelicans game at Dallas on January 11, 2021 and the Boston Celtics game on january 12, 2021 at Chicago were both delayed over unspecified health and safety protocol issues. The league also said it would meet with the National Basketball Players Association on Monday about possible modifications in the joint safety protocols. (Photo by Garrett Ellwood / NBAE / Getty Images / AFP)
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After two seasons that have been thrown into disarray due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA is set to return to its normal dates for next season.

NBA 2021-22 dates return to normal

The news was reported on social media on Thursday by The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The start of the regular league will take place on 19 October, a return to the month traditionally seen as the beginning of the NBA campaign. In 2020, it actually didn’t begin until December as the previous season, 2019-20, had to be extended to October.

In addition to the opening night, other important dates were also shared. Preseason will start on 28 September, the playoffs get going on 16 April 2022, and the Finals will be between 2 June and 19 June, if it goes to a seventh game. The Draft is scheduled to be held four days later, on 23 June 2022.