Nuggets-Warriors Off; Rivers, Malone Enter NBA Protocols

Nuggets-Warriors Off; Rivers, Malone Enter NBA Protocols
Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone gestures toward players during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Dec. 28, 2021. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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The NBA postponed another game for virus-related reasons Thursday, raising the total to 11 pushed back so far this season while two more head coaches entered the league’s health and safety protocols.

Golden State’s game at Denver was postponed because the Nuggets—through a combination of injuries and a newly discovered outbreak of the virus—did not have the league-minimum eight players available to start the contest.