NBA: More spread in Orlando could halt play

ORLANDO: The NBA season could again be put on hold if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 among its players in Orlando, where the league is set to resume play on July 30 with no fans in attendance, commissioner Adam Silver said on Friday. Silver’s remarks came on the same day the NBA reported that 16 out of 302 players tested for COVID-19 on June 23 had tested positive. But if the number of cases inside the NBA’s socalled “bubble” rises, “that may lead us to stopping” play, Silver told ESPN.