COVID-19 updates: Suns, Trail Blazers coaches enter protocol; more NHL games postponed

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COVID-19 updates: Suns, Trail Blazers coaches enter protocol; more NHL games postponed
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COVID-19 updates: As the CDC revises its restrictions on isolation, the NBA informed teams in a memo Monday that players and coaches who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to test out of quarantine quicker and return sooner.

, the two other major leagues currently in season, the NBA and the NHL, are also dealing with their own spikes in cases.

NHL postponements continue to grow and the league has brought back taxi squads in a bid to keep games going.Outbreak on the Boston Celtics lands Jayson Tatum, others in protocol The Phoenix Suns will be without coach Monty Williams for their game Monday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, according to multiple reports.Williams joins SunsMeanwhile, multiple reports indicated that Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups also entered the league's health and safety protocols Monday., assistant coach Scott Brooks, a former head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Washington Wizards, will serve as the interim in Billups' absence.

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