All 30 NBA teams will play tonight with staggered start times, and the league should do it again
I love when the NBA shows that it is willing to try something new.
The NBA did not schedule any games for Tuesday, which is Election Day, so as to encourage fans and players to vote. Instead, there are fifteen games Monday. All 30 teams were scheduled to play with staggered start times of 15 minutes between 7 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET.
This will be a great night to watch NBA CrunchTime, the NBA’s version of NFL RedZone, if you haven’t yet. Here’s what host Jared Greenberg told For The Win:
“I don’t know if all these games are going to cooperate and come down to the finish,” Greenberg said. “But what we have the potential for on that Monday night is just to show you what we do best, which is making sure you see the biggest moments of the night as they happen.”
NBA CrunchTime is available for free on the NBA’s global app. Here is Monday's full schedule.
If we have even just a couple of exciting finishes in any of the 15 games, it should be an incredibly fun night of basketball. Assuming all goes well, the league should definitely try this again at some point.