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NBA return: 10 things to know about what’s left of the 2019-20 season

AP file photo / The entrance to the parking lot at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
AP file photo / The entrance to the parking lot at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. AP file photo / The entrance to the parking lot at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

By TIM REYNOLDS / The Associated Press 7 min read

The deals are done. The NBA is coming back. Will there be magic at the Magic Kingdom?

The 2019-20 season will resume July 30 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.

Here are 10 things to know about the season when it restarts:

THE RACE FOR 8

There are six teams in the race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference – the Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns. (Technically, the Dallas Mavericks are also in that race, though they need only one win and one Memphis loss to clinch no worse than the No. 7 spot.)