Monday’s Detroit Pistons-Denver Nuggets game was postponed minutes before the 9:00 pm ET time at Ball Arena due to contact tracking within the Pistons, the NBA announced.
Detroit returned a positive / inconclusive coronavirus test on a player, ESPN sources said Adrian Wojnarowski. The Pistons were watching the movie before the game when they heard of the postponement.
The NBA recently made the decision to postpone games in the face of a single test that potentially returns positive.
Detroit was scheduled to play the second game of a five-conference Western Conference trip to Denver on Monday. The Pistons have games scheduled against Jazz (Tuesday), Suns (Friday) and Lakers (Saturday). More tests will need to be done before there is clarity about Detroit’s ability to play this week, the sources said.
Monday’s game was set to mark the return of two former Nuggets – Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee. Denver players could be seen talking and hugging their former teammates during warm-ups before the game.
This is the 23rd game postponed due to COVID-19 this NBA season.