NBA suspends season after player tests positive for coronavirus
New York City, USA - July 28, 2018: NBA, luxury basketball sports goods store, in Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, USAThe National Basketball Association announced Wednesday that it is suspending the current season after a player in the league tested positive for COVID-19.
The statement added that "a player on the Utah Jazz has preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19," and that the results were reported prior to the Wednesday night's game between the Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The match was canceled, the NBA said, and "the affected player was not in the arena.
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