Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

As teams deal with quarantined players and COVID-19 testing, NBA grapples with when – or if – season will resume and how playoffs will be affected.

The commissioner said he made a split-second decision to suspend, not cancel the season after learning Rudy Gobert had tested positive for COVID-19.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for coronavirus. He apologized for being ‘careless’ about the virus.

A second Utah Jazz player — All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell — preliminarily has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

The announcement came after the Utah Jazz-Oklahoma City Thunder game was postponed. Rudy Gobert was listed as questionable because of an illness.

LeBron James scored a season-high 40 points to guide the Lakers to a victory against Zion Williamson and the Pelicans.

While Monday’s event at Staples Center was billed as a celebration, it was impossible to escape the sadness of three lives ending so young.

In China, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was god-like. His impact on the nation and the game has been unlike any other NBA athlete.