The Los Angeles Lakers will undergo testing for the coronavirus on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, following the Brooklyn Nets‘ announcement Tuesday that four players had tested positive for the virus.
The Lakers played the Nets in their last game before the NBA suspended play last Wednesday following a positive test by Utah’s Rudy Gobert.
The Lakers will self-quarantine for 14 days. Most of the Lakers are still in town, so testing should not be a logistical issue, sources told ESPN.
On Tuesday, the Nets announced that four players had tested positive for the virus, and Kevin Durant told the Athletic that he was one of the players. The Nets said they had reached out to anyone known to have had contact with the players.
Two other NBA players in addition to Gobert are known to have tested positive for the virus — Utah’s Donovan Mitchell and the Detroit Pistons‘ Christian Wood.
The Los Angeles Times was the first to report the Lakers would be tested.
Source : ESPN
