Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Last week, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps broke the news that the NBA reached out to teams asking them to find local testing providers of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests. That plan is now coming to fruition and the league is adjusting start times for games (including the Portland Trail Blazers) to account for the tests.
What exactly is a PCR test? Well, per Hoops Rumors:
“The RT-PCR molecular test can pinpoint genetic viral material in a subject using a laboratory method called polymerase chain reaction.