It seems like a long time ago now, but NBA fans are unlikely to ever forget the particularly sudden and dramatic fashion in which the coronavirus brought the NBA to a halt.
With Rudy Gobert‘s positive test result coming back just before tip off in the Utah Jazz’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the game was dramatically called off and the season was simultaneously out on hold.
The Milwaukee Bucks may have had the night off, but they were preparing to play the Boston Celtics, a recent opponent of Utah’s, in a nationally televised matchup on the Thursday.