The NBA bubble in Orlando has continued to hold steady, reporting zero positive cases of COVID-19 for the second straight week. None of the 344 players tested for the novel coronavirus tested positive, the same as it did last week.

These are the best possible news for the league, considering the restart of the season is only a day away.

Speaking to Robin Roberts of Good Morning America on Wednesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver noted the restart would stop only if the spread of the virus was significant, expressing complete trust in the bubble system:

“Probably if we had any significant spread at all, we’d immediately stop, and one thing we’d do is try to track those significant cases to determine where they’re coming from and whether there has been spread on the campus,” Silver told Roberts. “I would say, ultimately, we would cease completely if we saw that this was spreading around the campus and something more than isolated cases was happening.”

The commissioner recently traveled to Orlando earlier this week to make it just in time for the restart, as the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans open up the season after a four-and-a-half-month hiatus.

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The league has been at a standstill since it came to a halt on March 11, when Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert became the first confirmed case for the novel coronavirus.

While the league faced a few cases prior to entering the bubble, those have slowly gone away after the health and safety protocols were put in place to isolate those affected. Players have left the bubble since entering it throughout July, but they have also been subject to a quarantine period during which they’re required to register consecutive negative tests before rejoining their team.

Looks like the NBA’s bubble method is holding up quite well.