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NBA Postpones Pacers, Wizards Summer League Game Due To COVID
The game was scheduled to start at 5 p.m. (8 p.m. Eastern) at MGM Resort in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS, NV— Sunday's NBA Summer League game between the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards has been postponed because of COVID-19.
The game was set to start at 5 p.m. local time (8 p.m. Eastern) on Opening Day of the NBA Summer League at MGM Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The game has been postponed because due to ongoing contact tracing, the Wizards do not have enough players to proceed, the league said.
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There was no immediate word on how long the game was postponed, or how it affected the overall tournament schedule.
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