On the night the NBA came to a halt, the surreal scene in Sacramento
4 years, 9 months ago

On the night the NBA came to a halt, the surreal scene in Sacramento

New York Times  

SACRAMENTO — On the night the NBA came to a halt, when the positive COVID-19 test for Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert gave the league a Patient Zero who could bring an $8 billion business to its knees, this was the last stop. And the New Orleans Pelicans, on hand at the Golden 1 Center to face the Sacramento Kings in what was the last game on the night’s docket, couldn’t get out of town fast enough. “Our guys don’t want to play,” one Pelicans source had said just minutes before the game was canceled. As Ball walked back into the locker room, he looked at a team attendant and said, “We’ve got three hours, what are we supposed to do?” It was probably the last thing on his mind, but in reality that may have been his last time shooting in an NBA arena for the foreseeable future. And even the fact this is the one game that’s on ESPN I think works out good for us as far as the experience of going through this and having the camera crews and the national spotlight on our group in a game that obviously, scene-wise, being in a playoff race, means a lot.” The Kings were on the court, warming up for the game with less than 10 minutes before tipoff, but the Pelicans were not.

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