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Clippers guardant Marcus Morris Sr. entered into the NBA’s COVID-19 wellness and information protocols Saturday morning, according to the team. He’s the lone subordinate of the Clippers who was instantly affected by the league’s guidelines.
The Clippers person a crippled this evening successful Oklahoma City, wherever they’ll instrumentality connected a Thunder squad that has truthful acold avoided having immoderate players participate into the protocols.
An expanding fig of players astir the NBA person been affected by COVID-19 this season, but earlier Morris, Nicolas Batum was the lone different subordinate of the Clippers – each of whom were vaccinated anterior to the commencement of the season, according to Coach Tyronn Lue – who antecedently was impacted.
Batum described being “pretty sick” with symptoms during his 3 weeks distant from the team, a span successful which helium missed 9 games.
“I didn’t consciousness bully that game, that Sunday against the Mavs,” Batum said connected Dec. 9, successful his archetypal media quality since helium entered into the protocols aft investigating affirmative soon earlier the Clippers’ crippled against Dallas connected Nov. 21.
“Didn’t consciousness beauteous good the nighttime before. I didn’t deliberation astir COVID. When I came in, I was inactive sick, did a speedy trial conscionable to beryllium definite and I trial affirmative and I find retired astir 45 minutes earlier the game. And past I did different 1 and past I went backmost to the signifier installation to get different trial and I got 3 positives successful 1 day. And the adjacent time was 3 positives.”
“And past the adjacent four, 5 days, I was beauteous sick. I was stuck successful my room, didn’t determination for similar 10-12 days. And past I got cleared. After I got 2 antagonistic tests, I got cleared to permission my house.”
The NBA finished the 2019-20 play successful a “bubble” astatine Walt Disney World successful Florida and the league spent overmuch of the 2020-21 play playing successful bare oregon partially filled arenas.
With outbreaks ongoing passim the league, hopes for a much mean 2021-22 play are being dashed.
Players who trial affirmative for COVID-19 are required to stay successful the NBA’s wellness and information protocols for astatine slightest 10 days oregon until they instrumentality 2 consecutive antagonistic tests astatine slightest 24 hours apart. And those who are unvaccinated person to participate the protocols erstwhile they’re deemed to beryllium a adjacent interaction of idiosyncratic who tested affirmative and past tin exit the protocols lone aft returning antagonistic tests crossed aggregate days.
Morris, 32, has been connected a teardrop connected the court; successful his past 7 games, he’s averaging 18.4 points connected 50.0% shooting, including 46.3% from 3-point range. He’s besides averaging 5.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists, contributions that person helped the Clippers triumph 5 games successful that span – contempt being without Paul George for 4 of those contests. George’s sprained close elbow has sidelined him beside chap All-Star Kawhi Leonard for the past 4 games.
George and Batum (sprained ankle) are questionable to play against the Thunder.
Nico Batum talks astir his clip with COVID and however the Clippers are readying to widen their triumph streak🎙#ClipperNation | @LAClippers pic.twitter.com/217le2Zcxs
— Bally Sports West (@BallySportWest) December 9, 2021
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