While most sports leagues and organizations have refrained from holding contests and events amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the B. League made the tough decision to resume its regular season this weekend, but without spectators, the pro basketball circuit announced on Wednesday.
A total of 72 games in the top division and 59 second-division contests will be played in empty gyms until at least April 1. There are 18 games on the schedule in the top division this weekend.
Last month, the league announced it would suspend its season until Wednesday after a request by the Japanese government to limit large-scale gatherings in hopes of preventing the spread of the virus.