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The Lead

Best of 2020: The Night The NBA Shut Down

The Lead

Wondery

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3.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Back in March, the NBA suspended play in sudden and dramatic fashion after Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for the coronavirus. It was a night that, to many, signaled just how serious the pandemic had become -- and in the days that followed, life as we knew it changed. Today, as part of our look back at 2020, we’re rebroadcasting our episode about how that night unfolded.

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Back in March, the NBA suspended play in sudden and dramatic fashion after Rudy Go Bear

0:17.2

of the Utah Jazz Tested Positive for the coronavirus.

0:20.8

It was a night that, to many people, signaled just how serious the pandemic had become.

0:26.2

And in the days that followed, life as we knew it changed.

0:30.1

Today as part of our look back at 2020, we're re-broadcasting our episode about that night

0:35.2

and how it unfolded.

0:37.2

From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm under Skelto.

0:39.2

And I'm Kavita Davidson.

0:40.8

This is the lead.

0:47.7

So Kavita, we're going to walk through one of, frankly, the wildest days in sports history.

0:54.5

And this is a really fast-moving story.

0:56.3

So let's say here at the outset that we're recording this late Wednesday night.

1:01.2

Right.

1:02.2

So the day started with an announcement from the Golden State Warriors.

1:06.8

The city of San Francisco has followed the lead of neighboring Santa Clara County and

1:10.8

banned all gatherings of 1,000 people or more for two weeks.

1:15.5

That ban will include Warriors games, which means yes.

1:18.3

The other shoe.

1:19.3

We have all been waiting to drop has hit the floor.

1:22.3

The Warriors planned to play tomorrow night's game against the nets without fans.

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