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Houston Rockets’ opener vs. Oklahoma City postponed following positive COVID-19 tests, Saturday’s game at Trail Blazers in jeopardy
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Damian Lillard dribbles around James Harden as the Portland Trail Blazers face the Houston Rockets in an NBA game at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Sean Meagher/Staff
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ second game of the season Saturday at home against the Houston Rockets could be in jeopardy.
Houston’s opener Wednesday night against Oklahoma City has been postponed by the NBA because of COVID-19 precautions.
According to an ESPN report, several Rockets players have either tested positive for COVID-19, have had inconclusive tests or came in contact with others who have tested positive.
One day after the 2020-21 regular season tipped off, the NBA has postponed its first game. Late Wednesday afternoon, the NBA announced that the matchup between the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder scheduled for 8 p.m. ET had been postponed because the Rockets did not have eight players available.
This news only underscores the myriad challenges the league faces in trying to complete its season outside of the confines of a bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, within which the NBA finished the 2019-20 season.
As the NFL, MLB and MLS have already demonstrated, trying to pull off a season outside of a bubble comes with all sorts of complications. Here s what we know and don t know about the postponed game, the latest with James Harden and what s next for both the Rockets and the rest of the NBA.
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On Wednesday, the NBA announced that the Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder game scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at Toyota Center was postponed due to the fact that the Rockets couldn’t field at least eight players.
First, the Rockets had three positive or inconclusive tests on the team, according to Ben Golliver of The Washington Post. The players have been determined to be Kenyon Martin Jr. and Ben McLemore, which Jeremy Brener of The Dream Shake pointed out earlier today.
The bigger bombshell, is that franchise player James Harden was reported to be at a night club recently. While some reports and social media videos have claimed that he was at a gentleman’s club (a/k/a a strip club), he has denied that. Since NBA players are not allowed to play if they broke these rules, he won’t be playing.