The Phoenix Suns Game 7 loss was one of the most awful ways we’ve seen a championship favorite bow out of the playoffs in recent memory.
It was so bad the team even released a statement on it the day after. It drove fans to beating up on the Dallas Mavericks on NBA 2k. The very next day they were being absolutely roasted by Patrick Beverley on ESPN for still relying on a 37-year-old point guard in Chris Paul to lead them.
Safe to say this has not been a good month or so for Suns fans or the organization. At all.
But, apparently, things were a little worse than everyone originally thought with the Suns during that Mavericks series. It felt like there was something going on behind the scenes leading to a bunch of frustration on their part.
Turns out there was. The team was battling a COVID-19 outbreak behind closed doors, The Athletic’s Sam Amick reports. This was an outbreak that had 6 people on the team — including a player — testing positive.
That’s some pretty shocking news that we really didn’t know about publicly. And it’s kind of important when it comes to what the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols might look like moving forward.
Let’s talk about it: