Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss announced that the team will raise its 2019-2020 NBA Championship banner on May 12 before their game against the Houston Rockets, which is their final home game of the regula season.
Buss has waited to raise the banner, promising fans that Los Angeles will eventually get to celebrate its recent championship when the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation improved. With the recent downward trend of infections and increased number of vaccinated individuals, the banner ceremony is finally feasible.
In an appearance on Spectrum SportsNet before the Lakers’ game against the Miami Heat on Thursday, Buss explained the team’s reasoning for the delay:
“There was a couple reasons why we waited,” Buss said.