The NBA will suspend play starting on Thursday after a Utah Jazz player preliminarily tested positive for the new coronavirus, the league said Wednesday.
Six NBA games were scheduled for Wednesday. Four were underway when the game in Oklahoma City was called off and a later game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Kings in Sacramento was cancelled. The decision was made to cancel the game because of one of the officials had worked a Utah game earlier in the week.
"It's unprecedented," Detroit coach Dwayne Casey -- whose Pistons fell to the 76ers in Philadelphia -- said of the decision to suspend the season."I think it's the prudent thing to do.""I am not an expert," he said."The NBA has people who specialize in this. They are talking to the CDC. I don't want to fake it.""Stunned," Spoelstra said after his team lost to the visiting Charlotte Hornets.
"It's a very serious time right now. I think the league moved appropriately," added Spoelstra, who concluded his post-game press conference by saying:"There's nothing to really talk about with the game, right?""This is global pandemic. Peoples' lives are at stake. I am more worried about my kids and my 82 year old mother than when we play our next game."
Mavericks guard JJ Barea said he tried to block it out of his mind while the game against the Nuggets was on."I've got little bit of fear. But you can only control what you can control. Tonight my job was to play basketball."Would you like to comment on this article or view other readers' comments? Register or sign in now.
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