{"id":1303,"date":"2020-12-24T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2020-12-24T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T18:30:28","slug":"covid-19-shuts-down-rockets-okc-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/covid-19-shuts-down-rockets-okc-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 shuts down Rockets-OKC season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From James Harden breaking COVID-19 protocols to false positives, and close contacts, the Houston Rockets season is off to a tumultuous start. The team\u2019s season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed for health and safety reasons hours before the game was scheduled to tip off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With four players quarantined and three others producing positive or inconclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> tests, the season opener between the OKC Thunder and Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rockets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rockets<\/a> has been postponed in accordance with the league\u2019s Health and Safety Protocols. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAisBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAisBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThunderUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThunderUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MjBzBqRwOu\">pic.twitter.com\/MjBzBqRwOu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Double Take Sports (@dbltakesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dbltakesports\/status\/1341886965600411652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the announcement, news leaked throughout the day that <a href=\"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/wizards-john-wall-era-comes-to-abrupt-end\/\">John Wall<\/a> and Boogie Cousins were sent home because they were identified as close contacts to another player that tested positive for COVID. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the NBA\u2019s statement, they confirmed that three Houston Rockets players returned tests that were either positive or inconclusive for coronavirus under the NBA\u2019s testing program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the contact tracing protocol, four other players were identified as being under quarantine.&nbsp;All other Rockets players that were tested returned negative results.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To further complicate things, Houston guard James Harden was unavailable due to a violation of the Health and Safety Protocols. 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