NBA officially announced that today's game between the Mavericks and the Pelicans has been postponed, and the game between the Celtics and the Bulls has also been postponed on Wednesday, Beijing time. According to reports, the Mavericks were unable to cobble together eight eligible players due to the COVID-19 close-tracking mechanism. According to sources, the number of Mavericks' new crown positive players has risen to four. In addition, the Celtics also lack enough players to play.
Recently, many players in the league have missed games due to the epidemic prevention health and safety protocol, and Durant has missed three games previously. Eight people, and three players are suspected of playing due to injuries, including Butler , Dragic, Adebayor, Bradley, Nunn and other players, can the Heat get 8 in the next game? The number of players on the field is still unknown.
Coincidentally, in the new round of COVID-19 testing in the Premier League , the number of positive cases hit a new high this season, which shows that the control of the epidemic in Western countries is not optimistic, and recently there have been rumors that "the Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled and will be held in 2032." At present, the severe situation of the global new crown epidemic, people are not optimistic about whether the Tokyo Olympics can be held as scheduled.
This has to make people worry about whether the NBA will suspend again. Last season, the NBA was suspended due to the new crown epidemic. Finally, through the efforts of the league, the rest of the regular season and the playoffs were completed in the Orlando campus. After the start of this season, the NBA adopts the same home and away schedule as before, only banning fans from entering the game, or allowing only a small number of fans to enter.The NBA league even issued a health and safety protocol to warn teams and players that if they violated health and safety protocols, causing the spread of the new crown pneumonia virus to affect other teams and disrupt the 2020-21 season schedule, it may be Due to "fines, suspensions and other consequences, Durant was quarantined for a week of games, but the number of players who violated the protocol has been increasing recently. If the scene cannot be controlled in time, the possibility of the NBA returning to the park and even shutting down cannot be ruled out.