The NBA world was upended when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus Wednesday night, with his teammate Donovan Mitchell also testing positive for the virus Thursday.
As soon as Gobert’s test results came through, the league announced it was suspending play.
Now that two players on one team have tested positive, the fear is that more will follow, with players from teams the Jazz played recently at higher risk. The Knicks, who beat the Hawks in overtime Wednesday at State Farm Arena (with the league announcing late in the fourth quarter that the league would be suspended beginning Thursday), played the Jazz on March 4.