Monday’s Detroit Pistons-Denver Nuggets game was postponed a few minutes before the scheduled 9:00 PM ET tip at Ball Arena due to contact tracking within the Pistons, the NBA announced.
Detroit has returned a positive / inconclusive coronavirus test on a player, ESPN sources told Adrian Wojnarowski. The Pistons were watching a pre-game movie when they heard of the delay.
The NBA recently made a decision to postpone games in the event that a single test may return positive.
Detroit was to play the second game of a five-city Western Conference trip in Denver on Monday. The Pistons have scheduled games against the Jazz (Tuesday), Suns (Friday) and Lakers (Saturday).
The team stayed in Denver and tested players again after Monday’s postponement, but was scheduled to leave for Salt Lake City and are expected to record the Jazz on Tuesday, sources told ESPN.
Monday’s match was meant to mark the return of two former Nuggets – Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee. You could see the Denver players talking to their former teammates and hugging them during the pre-game warm-ups.
This is the 23rd game postponed due to COVID-19 this NBA season.