Houston Rockets star James Harden has been fined $50,000 by the NBA and ruled "unavailable" for Wednesday's game due to a violation of the league's COVID-19 protocols after the league reviewed video of him socializing maskless at a club earlier this week.
Harden will not be suspended.
In announcing that Wednesday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder was being postponed, the NBA said Harden was "unavailable due to a violation of the Health and Safety Protocols." The Rockets didn't have the league-required eight available players needed to proceed with the game.