Total concern in the NBA by the increasing number of cases of coronavirus that are presented in various campuses. In what will be the day of tomorrow, Wednesday, the match between Boston Celtics y Orlando Magic for lacking the minimum number of players available on the campus (Boston), league officials reported Tuesday.
This match already marks the fifth postponement of this current season in just three weeks due to the coronavirus. Recently, NBA team owners met with the players’ union about Covid-19 health and safety protocols. From the beginning, the NBA assured that it was not in their plans to stop the season, but now they would be thinking better of it.
NBA spokesman Mike Bass said: “We anticipate game postponements this season and we plan the schedule accordingly. There are no plans to stop the season and we will continue to be guided by our medical experts and health and safety protocols. ” Despite this, several information specialists in this league, such as Jason Dumas, maintain that they could consider a brake of 7 to 14 days.
“The NBA is considering a 7-14 day hiatus amid the increasing rate of positive cases within the league. NBA chiefs and general managers will meet virtually today or tomorrow to reconsider security protocols. The league wants to avoid a pause but it is on the table ”. It was what the director of sports of the medium ‘Kron4News’, Jason Dumas, said on his Twitter social network.
This game between the Celtics and Magic marks the third postponed game for Boston’s franchise in just four days, a streak that began Sunday when Miami failed to put up a minimum of eight players. On Monday they had suspended their game against the Chicago Bulls for the same reason. The Heat introduced eight players off the list on Tuesday, including Jimmy Buttler, Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic.
The NBA had also postponed the game between the New Orleans Pelicans against the Mavericks in Dallas on Monday. The first NBA game postponed this season due to COVID-19 issues was on December 23 between Oklahoma City Thuner and Houston Rockets. The protocols established by the league are discussed among general managers and are raising doubts as to their effectiveness. It should be noted that last season culminated in the Orlando bubble, currently each team plays the corresponding matches in their respective stadiums.
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