Biggest takeaways from Day 1 of the NBA playoffs play 0:13 / 1:09 11:00 PM NBA Insiders Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Playoff basketball is the NBA's reason for being. It's when players build their legends, various stakeholders cash in on revenue potential and fans record memories. It's why the NBA went to extremes to deliver the postseason, investing more than $150 million in a bubble . The road there wasn't without its trials. Between the NBA suspending the 2019-20 season on March 11 and the resumption of play on July 30, several dozen players tested positive for COVID-19. Finding a site for the bubble wasn't easy, requiring an inordinate amount of logistical and medical considerations. Not everyone who wanted in was invited, and not everyone invited showed up. But after an interminable hiatus, the NBA's postseason returned at a most unusual moment -- a Monday morning in August for those tuning in from Denver and Utah on Day 1