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NBA Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus

The basketball league took the action after a player on the Utah Jazz tested positive for coronavirus. The Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder were about to tip-off when the game was canceled.

Updated at 12:40 a.m. ET Thursday

The NBA has suspended its season after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for the coronavirus. , the NBA said the test result came just before the tip-off of Wednesday's game between the Jazz and the Oklahoma City

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