Since the 2017-18 NBA Season, injury reports have been posted online at consistent intervals before games. This was initially at 1:30 PM, 5:30 PM, and 8:30 PM US Eastern time. During the NBA Bubble season, this was adjusted to an 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 5:30 PM cadence. For the 2021-22 NBA Season and beyond, the cadence changed to hourly updates.
A brief timeline of changes:
- 2019-11-15 the "category" variable was dropped.