Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, leading to the NBA suspending their season. And ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reports that players from the Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, and Detroit Pistons have been told to “self-quarantine” after facing Gobert in the past 10 days.
Players from teams the Jazz have played within the past 10 days were told to self-quarantine, sources told @WindhorstESPN. Those teams are the Cavaliers, Knicks, Celtics, Pistons and Raptors. https://t.co/GNrXbC2xZl
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 12, 2020
Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports reports that Raptors players have specifically been informed to self-quaratine for the next 14 days after facing Gobert and the Jazz on Monday night in Utah.
Sources: The Raptors have informed their players to self-quarantine for the next 14 days due to coronavirus situation. Toronto faced Utah and Rudy Gobert on Monday.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020
Toronto’s Serge Ibaka spent far and away the most time directly matched up with Gobert in the center’s 32 minutes played during Monday’s game.
Via NBA advanced stats, here are the Raptors players who directly matched up against Rudy Gobert during Monday’s game pic.twitter.com/wsAuEpVmez
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) March 12, 2020
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