On December 20, Beijing time, the NBA recently encountered a serious epidemic, many teams were deeply troubled, at the beginning the Bulls could not put together the minimum number of appearances, this time the Nets are even worse than the Bulls. The whole team of up to 10 people triggered the health and safety agreement, plus 3 people were injured and absent, according to the normal 17 people, only 4 players can play, it is really too miserable.
The Nets were the first to trigger the health and safety agreement was Millsap, followed by Harden, Aldridge, Bembry, James Johnson, Carter, Brown, and that's not all, and then Durant, Irving and Sharp also triggered. So far, the Nets' 10 players are all infected, all in isolation, and there is no false positive, unlike James and Westbrook, all of whom need at least 10 days of isolation. There was a serious shortage of manpower, and the Nets could only use difficult exceptions to sign people, signing Galloway, Ennis and Harrison in a row, which was just the lowest 8-man appearance requirement in the league.
When the team was deeply troubled by the epidemic, the Nets also had injuries, Harris was still in rest after surgery, Clarkston also suffered an injury, the last time Griffin hit the knee, and could not play in today's game against the Nuggets. In the last game against the Magic, both teams suffered from the epidemic and injuries, and a total of 24 players were absent, which was also rare, and the Nets eventually lost the game. With Griffin unable to play, the Nets had only 7 players left to play, and the game had to be postponed if it didn't meet the rules.
Subsequently, the league also announced that not only today's game with the Nuggets was postponed, but also the game of the Rain Wizards will be postponed, because the 10 players in the Nets' quarantine cannot return in time, and whether the Christmas war can be carried out normally is also unknown.
Today's predicament also makes head coach Nash helpless, which is uncontrollable, just a little miserable. Fortunately, this is only the regular season, and the Nets are ranked first in the East, so they will not be left behind too much, which is better than appearing in the playoffs.