The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual. The NBA is tweaking the rules for those initial matchups, going with 10-minute quarters instead of the usual 12 minutes.
In this Jan. 4, 2020, fie photo, New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry, left, talks with referee Eric Lewis during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif. LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual.
The league is still working on some of the specifics for the first games, even whether to give teams the option of wearing uniforms or practice gear. Most teams, as of Saturday, were still planning to wear their usual regular-season uniforms for all three of their exhibitions -- the new jerseys featuring social justice messaging will not debut until the seeding games that count begin July 30.
Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said he's taking a different view than he does for typical preseason matchups. For the first time, he's talking with the coaches of the teams the Heat will face -- Sacramento's Luke Walton and Utah's Quin Snyder -- to see if there are any specific situations those clubs want to work on in those games.
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