爵士明星後衛米契爾(左)確診為新冠肺炎。(資料照,今日美國)
〔體育中心/綜合報導〕武漢肺炎擴及全球,NBA猶他爵士明星中鋒戈貝爾(Rudy Gobert)確診後,讓NBA聯盟緊急宣布停賽。而戈貝爾隊友、今年入選明星賽的23歲後衛米契爾(Donovan Mitchell),也確定感染新冠肺炎。
《ESPN》記者「沃神」沃納洛斯基(Adrian Wojnarowski)在推特上發文指出,米契爾檢測結果為陽性。他還提到,有爵士球員私下表示,戈貝爾在休息室很隨便地就摸觸球員和他們的物品。米契爾成為自戈貝爾,第二位確診新冠肺炎的NBA選手。
《The Athletic》知名記者Shams Charania在推特上發文說,米契爾是除了戈貝爾以外,在58個檢測中唯一被檢驗出陽性的人。
進入NBA第三個賽季的米契爾,本季出賽63場,場均24.2分、4.4籃板皆是生涯新高。今年也首度入選明星賽。
Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell ESPN. Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 12, 2020
Sources: Donovan Mitchell was the only Jazz player/personnel to test positive for coronavirus out of 58 tests administered on Wednesday night. Remaining tests came back negative.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 12, 2020