Report: Official From Jazz/Raptors Game Receives Coronavirus Test Results
Mar 12, 2020, 3:32 PM | Updated: Mar 14, 2020, 2:23 pm
DALLAS, TEXAS - OCTOBER 27: Rodney Hood #5 of the Portland Trail Blazers talks with NBA official Courtney Kirkland in the second half at American Airlines Center on October 27, 2019 in Dallas, Texas (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Coronavirus disease test results returned negative for an NBA official that was part of the crew that worked a recent Utah Jazz game.
Courtney Kirkland test results came back negative for COVID-19 according to ESPN’s Eric Woodyard.
NBA referee Courtney Kirkland’s #coronavirus results came back negative and doctors cleared him to leave Sacramento, a source confirms. Kirkland had been there since the N.O. game was postponed. He is also cleared to resume all activities with no restrictions.
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) March 14, 2020
Kirkland officiated the Utah Jazz’s game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, March 9.
Courtney Kirkland has been tested for #coronavirus today, a source confirmed. He may have to wait up to 4 days to receive the results, but is isolating himself from family and others until he gets the results. Kirkland was one of the officials for Utah-Toronto game in SLC Monday.
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) March 12, 2020
In the tweet, Woodyard mentioned Kirkland may have to wait up to four days for his test results but he is currently isolated from his family and other people.
The Jazz lost that game, 101-92, at Vivint Smart Home Arena.
Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert both tested positive for COVID-19. Gobert’s test result caused the postponement of the Jazz’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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