The Pistons–Nuggets game on Monday has been postponed, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
The postponement came just minutes before tipoff. It’s the 23rd this season under the league’s health and safety protocols.
According to an NBA press release, the postponement was due to ongoing contact tracing within the Pistons. The team does not have the league-required minimum of eight available players.
Detroit had not experienced any COVID-19 related issues prior to Monday. Its game against Washington on January 15 was postponed due to virus-related issues with the Wizards.
The Pistons just began a West Coast trip on Saturday with a loss at Golden State. They’re due to play the Jazz on Tuesday, the Suns on Friday and the Lakers on Saturday before returning home.
More testing will be required before any decisions are made regarding the status of their upcoming games, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets.
A positive or inconclusive coronavirus test on one player led to the postponement, Wojnarowski reports in another tweet. The Pistons were watching pregame film when they were notified.
Safety Protocols…
Love the announcement after lineup lock
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There’s nothing positive about it, if you ask me
This is making fantasy leagues more challenging, I’m killing it with both my teams. Gotta stay on top of the IL, picked up guys like Keldon Johnson and NAW who are putting up nice stats.
Boy that sucks… I was looking forward to see Jokic demolishing DET & MPJ torching Grant!
That would have been some great entertainment, right?
MPJ looks lost in games, if he doesn’t have the ball. Grant would and could shut him down. This might not be the right team for MPG as they don’t believe in ISO ball. If MPG’s game doesn’t evolve he should ask fir a trade.
He was never picked for the right team for his style. Nugs like to collect talent on the basis of offensive upside fairly randomly, from the middle of the draft, and never trade them away, which leads to problems of fit… and maybe, who got there first!
Grant vs MPJ would be good, might be some attitude there.