Twenty-two of the thirty NBA teams were invited, with games staged behind closed doors at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and teams staying at Disney World hotels. The NBA invested $190 million on the bubble to defend its 2019–20 season, which was temporarily halted by the pandemic on March 11, 2020. It is expected that the season will be resumed in late April or early May. The league adopted a new format for the season's first round, with the first four matches played without fans present and the remaining eight games being broadcast live across the United States. The entire first round was then followed by a best-of-three series between the eighth seed and the seventh seed, and the winner advancing to the second round. The following day, the second round was played under the same conditions as the first round with the exception that there were no third-place matches. The winners from each of these rounds advanced to the next round, which this year consisted of a single elimination game called "Game 7". All playoff games were scheduled to be played over two nights with all games except the Finals being played on Saturday nights. The NBA announced that the start of the season was postponed after talks between team owners and players broke down, leaving both groups empty-handed. The decision was made in conjunction with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and was intended to allow time for a resolution to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic before reviving the season.