The Argentine Nicolás Laprovittola, from Barcelona, showed a positive result in coronavirus in the last hours and the ACB decided to postpone the classic that the Catalan entity had to animate tomorrow with Real Madrid, at the Wizink Center in the Spanish capital, for the 16th. tournament date.
The 31-year-old base from Buenos Aires was infected with the Covid-19 virus for the second time (the previous one in January 2021), according to the results presented by the institution “culé”, after the tests carried out on the campus, once who returned from Vitoria, when facing a Euroleague match against Baskonia.
Not only Laprovittola (former San Antonio Spurs) is affected by the disease but also the American Brandon Davies and the Lithuanian coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, as revealed by the newspaper ‘La Vanguardia’.
In this way, the organization of the contest proceeded to suspend one of the last remaining matches, the one that would face the leader (Real Madrid; 13-1) with his escort (Barcelona; 11-2).
Previously, the matches Unicaja Málaga-Zaragoza, Betis-Bilbao Basket, Baskonia-San Pablo Burgos, Obradoiro-Breogán, Fuenlabrada-Joventut Badalona, Morabanc Andorra-Baxi Manresa and UCAM Murcia-Tenerife had been suspended for cases of Covid-19. .
The solitary game that, for the moment, is guaranteed to be held is the one that will be held on Monday, from 17.30 in Argentina, by the teams from Valencia and Gran Canaria, with the presence of forward Nicolás Brussino (former Dallas Mavericks).
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