ORLANDO — The first time I was tested for COVID-19 was after spending hours in the bowels of Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on March 11, the day the NBA stopped.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for the coronavirus earlier in the evening with the results coming back just moments before the Jazz and Thunder were supposed to tip off. The game was canceled, the NBA season suspended. It didn’t seem real. I was scared.
Quietly I cried, fearing for myself and the people I’d been in contact with, but soon I masked my fear and anxiety with anger and frustration.