NBA to test players for COVID-19 during Orlando restart to season

Published June 15, 2020 10:41am EDT

ORLANDO - The NBA will be testing players for COVID-19 during the league's restart to the 2020 season in Orlando.

Twenty-two teams will play eight games at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex at the end of July.

Those games will determine playoff seeding.

NBA officials said players will be tested every other day. The essential team staff will also be tested.

Teams are expected to arrive in Orlando early next month.