It’s time for a hot take. COVID-19 sucks. For way bigger reasons than basketball, but like it has touched every other aspect of our lives, also for basketball reasons. The Los Angeles Lakers were fresh off their most exciting win of the season, a 107-104 overtime victory against the Dallas Mavericks that included one of the more shocking game-winning 3-pointers you’ll see from scrawny undrafted rookie Austin Reaves.
But that excitement has quickly turned into sadness, as it was reported earlier today that Russell Westbrook and Avery Bradley would be entering health and safety protocols.