The NBA regular season continued to unfold, but on the past night, a number of players triggered health and safety protocols and were forced into quarantine. Among them, the Nets and Lakers all suffered, and up to 12 people on both teams were infected, both of which suffered from the dilemma of labor shortage, and the next game was also very difficult for them.
So far so far, 63 players have triggered health and safety agreements, with December being the most, with a whopping 47. This includes Harden, Alphabet Brother and other top stars in the league, and their absence has a certain impact on ratings. In addition to the player trigger, there are two head coaches Pacers coach Carlisle and Kings coach Gentry, raptors president Ugerry, some of whom have also been injected with the booster vaccine, but unfortunately still triggered. Due to the epidemic, the Bulls' game has been postponed and there are not enough people.
In addition to the Bulls' worst, the two powerful Lakers and Nets have also suffered, of which the Lakers have 5 players infected, namely Tucker Jr., Howard, Munch, Westbrook and Bradley, all of which are the main rotations of the team, and the strength of the lineup is seriously damaged at once. To make up for the squad shortage, the team signed Thomas Jr. to fill the gap in the backcourt.
The Nets are as high as 7 people infected, Harden, Aldridge, Bembry and other rotation players, like the Lakers, the Nets can only make up for the shortage of the lineup through difficult exceptions, signing the Suns' veteran Galloway.
More and more players triggered, the US media StatMuse tweeted: "Let's play 3V3 for a while!" ”
This is a good choice, but it will attract more attention, interestingly, this time they also posted 4 combinations, namely the Warriors' Curry + Poole + Green, the Cavaliers' Sexton + Möble + Allen, the Timberwolves' Russell + Edwards + Downs, the Nets' Durant + two casual players. However, in this case, the US media ignored that the Knight's Sexton had been reimbursed and should be replaced by Garland.
So many players trigger, which also puts the NBA into a big crisis, it is likely to be the risk of a shutdown. But the league didn't plan so, and already had a new plan, planning to allow players who tested positive for COVID-19 but asymptomatic to continue playing and avoid entering the agreement. That is to say, it does not matter if you test positive, as long as there are no symptoms, you can play the game, which is also desperate, and it also shows that the league has no intention of stopping. After all, if the shutdown is stopped, it will plunge the league into a bigger crisis, and as long as there is no larger scale, the game will still go on as usual.