Things are getting worse in the NBA, as two other league games were postponed due to COVID-19 on Monday. However, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse isn’t overly surprised.
The meeting between the Dallas Mavericks and the New Orleans Pelicans, scheduled for Monday night, as well as that scheduled for Tuesday between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls, have been postponed, the site learned. athletic The Athletic.
In the last few days, a few teams, including the Celtics, had to forfeit because they could not count on the required minimum of eight players. Injuries, COVID-19 cases as well as precautionary quarantines have greatly affected some clubs.
“Just seeing how things had progressed, watching college football, the NFL and others [compétitions] where players have been tested daily and games have been canceled or postponed, I thought that was going to happen to us. I think it makes sense, ”Nurse told the“ Toronto Sun ”daily after his team lost 106-105 to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night.
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The pilot therefore advocates caution, because the disease is still relatively little known. But since no top athlete has appeared to be severely affected by the disease, he believes the NBA must stay the course.
“Until someone goes to the hospital and is really, really sick, I think we’re still not sure what it means to get the disease except that it should be avoided. spreads. So we have to withdraw [les joueurs touchés] activities so that they isolate themselves and ensure that we do not pass it on. ”
“I don’t think I’ve heard, even in college football or the NFL, of anyone being taken to the hospital seriously ill. So, I remain in my position, I agree to play. “
