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NBA players, coaches & staff to quarantine outside of games & practices for at least next two weeks

For at least the next two weeks, all NBA players, coaches and staff members have to quarantine at their home or hotel in between practices and games.

This marked one of several measures the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed to amid nationwide and league-wide increases in coronavirus cases. The NBA has postponed five games, including four in the past week, because positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing have left teams without the minimum of eight players needed to play in an NBA game.

Among the other restrictions the NBA and NBPA agreed to for at least the next two weeks in hopes of reducing the number of infections and contact tracing around the league?