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- The 2020 PBA season or PBA Season 45 was the 45th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. Due to the major adjustments in the last season's league calendar, the start of the league's 45th season was set on March 1, 2020, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. However, the start of the 2020 season has been delayed until at least March 8 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The PBA Leo Awards for the 2019 season were held before the opening ceremonies. The first official activity for this season was the 2019 PBA draft, held before the semifinals of the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup. The season was suspended on March 11, three days after its opening ceremonies, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the enforcement of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The league initially planned to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup were supposed to be the second and third conferences for this season. On September 17, the PBA Board of Governors have approved a plan to restart the season on October 11 (originally on October 9), then was given a provisional approval by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) on September 24. All games were played in the "PBA bubble" in Angeles City, the isolation zone specifically created for league operations. This was first time that the league played only one tournament or conference in a season. Since the season only had one conference, the Most Valuable Player was not awarded. In lieu of the Leo Awards usually given at the end of the season, the league held a special awards night on January 17, 2021, to award the Best Player of the Conference, Outstanding Rookie, Most Improved Player, Samboy Lim Sportsmanship Award and Outstanding/Elite Five. (en)
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