The Spanish Juancho Hernangómez, of the Boston Celtics, is the last NBA player in the ever-growing list of athletes who are on leave due to the protocols against the coronavirus of the professional basketball league of the United States.
Hernangómez is the fourth Celtics player who in the last 24 hours has been included in the list of casualties by the covid and, therefore, could not the game that the Celtics lost this Friday night against the Golden State Warriors ( 111-107).
With the Spanish forward of the Celtics they are already more than 40 NBA players who are out by coronavirus.
This week, the NBA decided suspend two Chicago Bulls games after an infectious outbreak forced 10 players on the team to undergo security protocols.
In the last hours, the casualties of Russell Westbrook Y Kendrick Nunn Los Angeles Lakers players are raised to six due to covid-19. In this way, neither Westbrook nor Nunn could play the game that the Californians lost this Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves (110-92).
The situation has forced the Lakers to sign a ten-day contract with the player Isaiah Thomas, according to local media.
Given the increase in cases, the NBA and the players have agreed to a increased security protocols, including the return to the use of masks in a generalized way at all times during team activities. Only when the players are on the court playing a game can they remove the mask.
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