LOS ANGELES – The night the life-altering impact of the novel coronavirus dawned on many U.S. sports fans came moments before the tip-off of an anticipated Jazz-Thunder game on March 11, 2020.
In footage that is unnerving to watch now, the rocking, sold-out Oklahoma City crowd is told to disperse for reasons that are not made clear as a growing look of concern slowly spreads across their faces.
It was revealed later that night that a Jazz player had tested positive for the still mysterious virus and that the NBA would suspend its season.
The disbelief that filled the Chesapeake Energy Arena that night quickly spread across the country and for so…
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