N.B.A. Is ‘Worried’ About Coronavirus During Playoffs

The N.B.A. planned for each of its 30 teams to play 72 games across 145 days this season, its 75th. Despite a rash of postponements and injuries to big-name stars, all 1,080 games were played in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.

No one in the league office is celebrating yet.

“We knew it was going to be a challenge to get through all of the games in a way that we thought kept people safe, and we’re really happy to have done that,” said David Weiss, the N.B.A.’s senior vice president of player matters. “At the same time, the virus keeps changing, so what we have to do keeps changing.”

“No one knows everything about Covid,” Weiss added, “and so we’re always willing to revisit what we do.”

With the playoffs beginning Saturday, here are answers to some of the questions about where things stand with the N.B.A.’s health and safety rules related to the coronavirus.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/sports/basketball/nba-playoffs-coronavirus.html