According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA has suspended its season.
The news comes after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. The NBA said in a statement that Gobert was not at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday night.
The Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder were scheduled to play in OKC on Wednesday night, but the game was postponed and players were sent back to the locker room. Both teams were quarantined after the game was postponed, per Tony Jones of The Athletic.
With the season suspended, the Brooklyn Nets will not play their game Thursday against the Golden State Warriors. Earlier on Wednesday, it was announced that the game would be closed to fans, per Marc Stein of the New York Times. London Breed, San Francisco’s mayor, said on Wednesday that “the Health Officer of San Francisco is issuing an order prohibiting all large group events of 1,000 or more persons, effective immediately.”
The NBA "will use hiatus to determine next steps moving forward," league says. https://t.co/tWoRO8pbfT
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020
Utah Jazz All-Star Rudy Gobert has tested positive for coronavirus, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
Sources say Gobert is feeling good, strong and stable — and was feeling strong enough to play tonight.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020
The Nets have 18 games left in their regular season, with nine of them being at home.
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