Seven members of the Clippers’ support staff returned to Los Angeles midway through the team’s road trip this weekend to begin a seven-day quarantine after one staff member tested positive for the coronavirus infection, a result that initiated the NBA’s contact-tracing protocol, a person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed Sunday.
The group does not include players or coaches, which allowed the Clippers to have enough support to play Sunday evening in Phoenix against the Suns. While the rest of the team traveled to Arizona, the affected group remained behind in Salt Lake City, where the Clippers lost 106-100 on Friday, before eventually returning in vans to Los Angeles to quarantine.