Gordon Hayward is still awaiting his COVID-19 test results as of Saturday afternoon, two days after teammate Marcus Smart shared he had tested positive.
The Celtics are among the small group of NBA teams to get tested for COVID-19 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus, prompting the league to suspend play indefinitely. The Celtics hosted the Jazz on March 6, five days before Gobert’s test results came back. On March 3, the team also faced the Brooklyn Nets, who recently announced four players had tested positive.
In a statement issued Thursday evening, the Celtics said they were still awaiting further results and would “communicate them as appropriate.