Pistons' Christian Wood tests positive for coronavirus, sources say
Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood has tested positive for the coronavirus, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Wood, 24, is that the third known player within the NBA to possess a positive test for the virus, along side Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell.
The Pistons issued a press release later Saturday confirming a player had tested positive but didn't identify him by name. The team said the player would "remain in isolation and under the care of team medical staff."
Wood scored 30 points in last Saturday's 111-105 loss to the visiting Jazz. consistent with Second Spectrum data, Wood and Gobert matched up within the half court 63 times therein game. With 5 minutes, 51 seconds left, there was a confrontation between the 2 during which Detroit's Bruce Brown was also involved. Gobert and Brown were issued double technical fouls.
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Gobert became the primary NBA player to check positive for the coronavirus shortly before tipoff of Wednesday's game in Oklahoma City against the Thunder. a brief time later, the sport was postponed, and within hours the NBA suspended its season for a minimum of 30 days.
Mitchell tested positive for the virus later Wednesday.
Teams that played the Jazz recently -- including the Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics -- were expected to self-isolate through a minimum of this weekend. The Toronto Raptors -- the last team to play Utah, on Monday in Salt Lake City -- had their entire travel party tested Wednesday night and into the first hours of Thursday morning, with all of the tests returning negative.
Wood is averaging 13.1 points and 6.3 rebounds this season. On Wednesday, he had career-high 32 points and 7 rebounds against the 76ers within the final game before the league suspended the season.
Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood has tested positive for the coronavirus, a league source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Wood, 24, is that the third known player within the NBA to possess a positive test for the virus, along side Utah Jazz players Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell.
The Pistons issued a press release later Saturday confirming a player had tested positive but didn't identify him by name. The team said the player would "remain in isolation and under the care of team medical staff."
Wood scored 30 points in last Saturday's 111-105 loss to the visiting Jazz. consistent with Second Spectrum data, Wood and Gobert matched up within the half court 63 times therein game. With 5 minutes, 51 seconds left, there was a confrontation between the 2 during which Detroit's Bruce Brown was also involved. Gobert and Brown were issued double technical fouls.
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Gobert became the primary NBA player to check positive for the coronavirus shortly before tipoff of Wednesday's game in Oklahoma City against the Thunder. a brief time later, the sport was postponed, and within hours the NBA suspended its season for a minimum of 30 days.
Mitchell tested positive for the virus later Wednesday.
Teams that played the Jazz recently -- including the Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics -- were expected to self-isolate through a minimum of this weekend. The Toronto Raptors -- the last team to play Utah, on Monday in Salt Lake City -- had their entire travel party tested Wednesday night and into the first hours of Thursday morning, with all of the tests returning negative.
Wood is averaging 13.1 points and 6.3 rebounds this season. On Wednesday, he had career-high 32 points and 7 rebounds against the 76ers within the final game before the league suspended the season.
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