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SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt examines the latest example of the NBA being a league that encourages its players and coaches to speak up and use their platform, this time in the aftermath of the riots at the Capitol building. USA TODAY
The NBA postponed Wednesday’s game between the Phoenix Suns and the Atlanta Hawks in Arizona, because of what the league described as “ongoing contact tracing within the Suns.”
The NBA’s latest injury report, updated at 8:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, shows the Suns listing only Jalen Smith out because of health and safety protocols. But the NBA said in a statement that the Suns do not have the league-required eight
