Shams Charania, an American sports reporter for The Athletic, shared information: “The NBA has sent a memo to its franchises explaining that, due to coronavirus outbreak, teams should be preparing to play games without fans in attendance and identifying ‘essential staff’ present for these games – should it be necessary.”
While Marc Stein, a sports reporter for The New York Times, said: “Postponing or canceling any game due to the coronavirus is a league office decision but the NBA, sources say, has notified teams to start ‘developing’ contingency plans in case ‘it were to become necessary to play a game with only essential staff present’ – no fans, media, etc.”
In the US, more than 300 Coronavirus cases are already confirmed.
