NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association game scheduled for tonight between the Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena has been postponed in accordance with the league’s Health and Safety Protocols.
Because of ongoing contact tracing within the Pistons, the team does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with tonight’s game against the Nuggets.
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