Curry’s rapid test was negative, allowing him to stand on the bench with a mask, according to a person familiar with the situation. The 76ers then received the result of his laboratory test, which was positive, and took him to an isolated room at the Barclays Center while the game continued. He left the arena separate from the rest of the team.
The Nets also played against the Grizzlies, as scheduled, on Friday night. Nets coach Steve Nash said before the game that he and his players “were not aware” of the positive result of Curry’s coronavirus while playing against the Sixers, but added that since then “the conversation or conversation about it between our team it was minimal. ”
On Thursday, Curry was sitting in the front row of the Philadelphia bank in the first quarter against the Nets in normal clothes, with assistant coach Sam Cassell on his right and, in parts of the quarter, Philadelphia’s central star Joel Embiid at his side. left .
After the game, Embiid, who recently became a father, said ESPN who planned to quarantine his family until he was sure he didn’t have the virus.
The Washington Wizards, who played in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, played for the Celtics in Boston on Friday night. The Celtics announced earlier that three rotating players – Tristan Thompson, Grant Williams and Robert Williams III – would lose the game due to possible exposure to the coronavirus. Other important players in the league are also quarantined, including Kevin Durant of the Nets, despite not reporting a positive coronavirus test.
Players must be quarantined for at least seven days if they are exposed to someone with a positive result. If a player is positive, he may be forced to isolate himself for at least 10 days. Several players have had to be quarantined since the start of the season on December 22, but only one game has derailed: Houston’s season opener against Oklahoma City on December 23 was postponed when the Rockets failed to meet the minimum requirement of eight league players.
The NBA announces the results of the coronavirus test throughout the week and said on Thursday that four of the 498 players tested since December 30 have tested positive. Last week, the league announced zero confirmed positive tests on 495 tested players.
According to NBA protocols, a positive test requires a team to “notify any contacts close to the confirmed positive case about their status and the appropriate next steps”, including re-testing or quarantine. A player with a positive test must isolate himself for at least 10 days or return two consecutive negative tests at least 24 hours apart before taking steps to resume playing, such as training alone when no other player is present.