- Rockets star fined $50k over Covid protocol violation
- Houston left without NBA-minimum eight players
The James Harden soap opera in Houston now comes with a canceled season opener – and a $50,000 fine for the league’s leading scorer.
Houston’s opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night was scrapped after coronavirus cases and Harden’s violation of the NBA’s Covid-19 protocols left the Rockets without the league-mandated eight players available to start a game.
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