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The Charlotte Hornets announced that guards LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier, center Mason Plumlee, and forward Jalen McDaniels entered the NBA's health and safety protocols on Saturday.
Ball and Rozier are expected to miss several games, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.
Shams Charania is also known as Shams Charania.
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Sources said that Ball and Rozier will be out for at least 10 days if they don't record two negative tests in 24 hours. Charlotte will be without its young star and fellow starting guard for a while.
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It's a big blow for the Hornets, as all four players are part of the team's rotation, with Ball and Rozier among their top three scorers.
Ball has been the driving force behind the team's success. He's averaged a team-high 20 points along with 8.3 assists, 7.7 rebound and 1.9 steals across 24 games as Charlotte has compiled a 13-11 record in pursuit of its first playoff berth since 2016
The reigning NBA rookies of the year rank sixth in FiveThirtyEight's WAR metric.
Rozier is third on the Hornets in scoring with 18.7 points per game and is also averaging 3.6 dimes, 3.5 boards and 1.3 swipeds in 19 appearances.
The frontcourt rotation includes Plumlee and McDaniels.
The rest of the staff and players were sent home by the Hornets while they waited for further information about the possibility of more positive test results.
The NBA requires eight players to play a game, and Charlotte has enough players to do that.
There is a mandatory 10-day quark after a confirmed positive test. The minimum absence for Hornets players would be five games.
The NBA has not been forced to delay any games because of the coronaviruses.
The Charlotte Hornets lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 127-125.
