SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz arrived back in Salt Lake City on March 12, after one of the longest nights they’d experienced following Rudy Gobert’s coronavirus diagnosis. Two weeks later, after a mandatory self-quarantine at home, Joe Ingles and his wife Renae, realized the NBA season wasn’t going to resume any time soon. The native Australians then had a decision to make.
Australia took swift action to combat the pandemic by eliminating crowds and issuing strict stay-at-home orders and lockdowns early on, and the country has been incredibly effective in slowing the number of COVID-19 cases.