Tonight’s Rockets-Thunder Matchup Is Postponed

After the false-positive COVID test of Rockets’ forward KJ Martin that led to a contact-tracing disaster, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that tonight’s Rockets-Thunder matchup is “in jeopardy.”

Talk about a panic.

The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder game is in jeopardy of postponement tonight, sources tell ESPN. No final word yet.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 23, 2020

The only player who has officially tested positive for COVID is Rockets’ guard Ben McLemore, and he is self-isolating as we speak. You’d think his positive test was the cause of this ruckus, but it’s not. Wojnarowski reported earlier this evening that McLemore’s positive test hasn’t caused the contact tracing.

Common sense tells us that someone else on the Rockets has tested positive for COVID, and they won’t tell us who.

As Rockets disclosed yesterday, Ben McLemore is in self-isolation and out for tonight’s game vs. OKC. McLemore tested positive for the coronavirus days ago, sources said, and has been in isolation. He isn’t the teammate whose positive test initiated contact tracing today on team. https://t.co/VCH4pAVm2e

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 23, 2020

A Woj bomb is inevitable in the next 30 minutes or so. It will probably tell us why the Rockets are in such disarray. Stay tuned…

Update:

Rockets-Thunder has officially been postponed. The league cites the fact the Rockets don’t have enough players to play as the reason. Yikes.

The Rockets don’t have the required eight available players, league says.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 23, 2020