NBA reschedules 11 postponed games

The NBA announced the rescheduling of the 11 games postponed in December due to COVID-19 issues, NBA Communications tweets.

Additionally, 10 other scheduled games have been shifted to accommodate the postponements. A pair of others have been shifted to new starting times.

Most notably, Kyle Lowry‘s return to Toronto will take place two days earlier than anticipated, as Tim Bontemps of ESPN points out.

The Raptors will now hosting the Bulls on February 3 instead of the Heat. Lowry’s return will occur on Feb. 1 in Miami’s rescheduled visit. The game that Toronto was originally scheduled to play that day against the Hawks will now be played on January 31.

The first two makeups will occur next week — the Nets at the Trail Blazers on Monday the 10th and the Pistons at the Bulls on Tuesday the 11th.

“There’s no easy way to do this,” Nets coach Steve Nash said to Bontemps and other media members. “If we were expecting it to be a sweet little add to the schedule, and no blood drawn, that would be foolish.”

The other rescheduled dates are as follows:
Pelicans at  76ers
Previous: Dec. 19
New: Jan. 25

Nuggets at Nets
Previous: Dec. 19
New: Jan. 26

Raptors at Bulls
Previous: Dec. 22
New: Jan. 26

Bulls at Raptors
Previous: Dec. 16
New: Feb. 3

Heat at Spurs
Previous: Dec. 29
New: Feb. 3

Wizards at Nets
Previous: Dec. 21
New: Feb. 17

Magic at Raptors
Previous: Dec. 20
New: March 4

Warriors at Nuggets
Previous: Dec. 30
New: March 7

Cavaliers at Hawks
Previous: Dec. 19
New: March 31