3 more NBA players have tested positive for the coronavirus, including 2 Lakers
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Three more NBA players have tested positive for the coronavirus, including two members of the Los Angeles Lakers and Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics.
The Lakers have not identified the players who tested positive.
There are now at least ten NBA players who have tested positive, including four members of the Brooklyn Nets, who faced the Lakers in their final game before the season was postponed.
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The NBA now has at least 10 players who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
On Thursday, Sham Charania reported that two members of the Los Angeles Lakers had tested positive. A few minutes later, the Boston Celtics announced that one of their players had tested positive.
Marcus Smart of the Celtics announced that he was the player who tested positive for the Celtics.
—marcus smart (@smart_MS3) March 19, 2020
The Lakers have not identified the players who have tested positive.
In a statement, the Celtics noted that Smart was tested because of "exposure to a known positive case." He is not showing any symptoms.
—Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 19, 2020
The Lakers faced the Brooklyn Nets in their final game before the season came to a screeching halt. Four members of the Nets have tested positive, including Kevin Durant. After that was announced, the Lakers tested their players.
The Lakers confirmed the results in a statement and noted that the players are also asymptomatic.
—Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) March 19, 2020
