The coronavirus has brought a halt to the routines of much of daily life throughout the country, including the suspension of all major sports leagues in the U.S and many across the globe. This has led to athletes and teams wondering what they'll do as they wait for their seasons to resume. The answer for several has been video games. The Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks got creative and took their postponed matchup online as they played NBA 2K on Twitch on Friday.
gg @MavsGG!
See you at home next week as we take on the Wolves! #WeAreTheValley | @Gatorade pic.twitter.com/09Pi83HhVA
- Phoenix Suns (@Suns) March 14, 2020
One of the Mavericks, Luka Doncic, wondered earlier Saturday where he could set up streams.
who can help me set up streams? ���� what do i need?
- Luka Doncic (@luka7doncic) March 14, 2020
It's not just Doncic, many other NBA players, including Josh Hart, De'Aaron Fox and Trae Young, have also taken to gaming and streaming on Twitch in the interim.
Follow me on Twitch!! Going to get back to streaming this weekend! https://t.co/N5FrHuaQvD
- Josh Hart (@joshhart) March 13, 2020
Gonna stream FIFA, Fortnite, COD & more on @Twitch starting today and over the next few weeks!! ���� see y'all in a bit.. #Day2
- Alex Caruso (@ACFresh21) March 13, 2020
Twitch? ��
- De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) March 13, 2020
That's going up pic.twitter.com/ELlACCLlwy
- De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) March 13, 2020
- Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) March 13, 2020
about to turn into a gamer ������♂️
- Ja Morant (@JaMorant) March 14, 2020
The virus really got me learning how to play all these video games....����
- Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 14, 2020
Y'all don't want this smoke.... I'm on now���� pic.twitter.com/KMKDOVwwL3
- Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 14, 2020