The B. League made the difficult decision to put its regular season on hold from this weekend through March 11 amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the pro basketball circuit announced Wednesday.
As a result, 99 games in the first and second divisions will not take place as currently scheduled. During a news conference at the league office on Wednesday night, B. League chairman Masaaki Okawa said the postseason schedule "is likely" to at least be shortened in order to make up the postponed contests.
The regular season was originally supposed to end April 19, with the eight-team postseason kicking off the following weekend. The first and semifinal rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-three format.