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Isang buwan walang laro

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Isang buwan walang laro
Ang ipinagpalibang laro ng Utah Jazz at Oklahoma City Thunder.

MIAMI — Posibleng uma­bot ng isang buwan ang suspensyon ng mga laro ng National Basketball Associaiton dahil sa co­ronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Ito ang babasag sa hu­ling buwan ng regular season ng liga, ayon kay NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

“What we determined to­day is that this hiatus will be, most likely, at least 30 days,” wika ni Sil­ver sa TNT “Inside The NBA” program.

Noong Miyerkules ay sinuspindi ng NBA ang ka­nilang mga laro matapos maging positibo si Utah Jazz center Rudy Go­bert sa pagkakaroon ng COVID-19.

Positibo rin ang kanyang Jazz teammate na si Donovan Mitchell.

Nauna nang itinakda ang pagsasara ng regular season sa Abril 15 kasunod ang playoffs na magsisimula sa Abril 18.

Walang indikasyon na ikukunsidera ng NBA ang pagputol ng kanilang re­gular season o ng playoffs.

“Once the 30 days is up, the question becomes is there a protocol, frankly, with or without fans, where we can resume play,” wika ni Silver.

“Up to a few days ago or even yesterday, the ex­perts were unclear as to whether, as a public health matter, NBA arenas should be emptied,” dagdag pa ng Commis­sio­ner.

Natalakay din ang po­sibleng pagdaraos ng mga closed-doors games.

Ngayon ay sinabihan ang mga NBA players na manatili sa siyudad ng ka­nilang mga koponan hanggang Lunes.

Hindi rin pinayagan ang pagkakaroon ng mga group workouts at practice, habang nakabantay naman ang mga team me­dical staff sa kanilang mga players.

May epekto rin ang pagkalat ng CO­VID-19 sa kalakaran sa NBA, ayon kay Gol­den State Warriors team owner Joe Lacob.

“We just lost virtually all of our revenues for the foreseeable future,” wika ng masters deg­ree holder sa public health sa University of California, Los Angeles. “But we have huge expenses that aren’t going away. I feel for these part-time emplo­yees and local restaurants and Uber drivers and all of the service people that make their living in and around events like ours.”

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