San Antonio Spurs have a coronavirus outbreak on hand with four of their players sidelined forcing the NBA to postpone their Hornets game as they were unable to provide enough healthy players. Spurs would now be without playtime until the middle of next week. On the other side, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is gearing up to host the NBA All-Star Game on 7th March. The concern is the number of fans coming to the city.
NBA has already postponed five more matches, Cleveland vs Spurs, New York vs Spurs, and Indiana vs Spurs while the next two matches of Charlotte Hornets who have been sidelined due to contact tracing though there is no indication of anyone being positive as per Charlotte coach James Borrego. A total of 29 matches have been postponed so far.