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Report: Two Lakers Players Test Positive for Coronavirus

Two players on the Los Angeles Lakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The Lakers players, whose names were not reported, were administered tests Wednesday at the team's practice facility in El Segundo. On Wednesday, a majority of the Lakers players were tested for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Per The Athletic, the team may now administer tests to the remaining players who did not take tests Wednesday morning.

Mere minutes after Charania's report broke, the Boston Celtics announced one of their players had tested positive, too.