The New Orleans Pelicans game scheduled for tonight against the Dallas Mavericks has been postponed due to COVID-19-related and contact tracing issues.
According to the Dallas Morning News, the Mavericks would have been able to meet the league minimum amount of eight players available, but the NBA decided to postpone the game to conduct further contact tracing for safety reasons.
The Mavericks would’ve had at least eight players available Monday to meet the league’s minimum threshold to play, vice president of basketball communications Scott Tomlin said. But the NBA opted to postpone the contest “to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and other personnel” as contact tracing continues.