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The Jazz-Thunder game was not the only NBA matchup postponed on Wednesday night.

With the NBA suspending its season after Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus at 9:30 p.m., Pelicans-Kings was the only game left on the NBA schedule that had yet to start. The Pelicans players and staff were responsible for keeping it that way after it was learned one of the refs for the game, Courtney Kirkland, had officiated a recent Jazz game.

“Our guys don’t want to play,” one Pelicans source told The Athletic.

The Kings players were actually waiting on their home court before tip-off with no opponents waiting for them. Pelicans player Lonzo Ball did appear on the court as the game’s cancellation was being announced, but was quickly ushered away by teammate Brandon Ingram.

“I think it’s also important to understand that this is not a minor thing by any stretch of the imagination, not just in this country but in the world,” Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said before the announcement. “You have to do whatever you have to contain it and manage it as best you can.”

Kings coach Luke Walton said players have been given the option to be tested if they were concerned, but no one on the team had shown a fever or any other symptoms of the illness.

He said before the announcement that the season would be suspended that his players seemed to be handling the situation as well as possible but he was concerned over the severity of the situation.

“It’s sad,” Walton said. “There’re people dying. There’re people getting sick. We’ve talked about it as a group. As far as where we’re at with our minds and ready to play basketball, we seem to be fine.”

— With AP