Report: Rockets' Wall, Cousins, Gordon, Jones out 2 games while quarantining

John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Gordon, and Mason Jones are quarantining for seven days and will miss the Houston Rockets' upcoming games against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday and the Denver Nuggets on Monday, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The four players - who were linked through contact tracing to Rockets players and staff who recently tested positive for COVID-19 - will be cleared to return to practice on Wednesday, and then to game action on New Year's Eve against the Sacramento Kings, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.

The virus has hit Houston hard so far during the 2020-21 campaign. The team was forced to postpone its season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder this past Wednesday because it was unable to dress the league-mandated minimum of eight players.

While Wall, Cousins, Gordon, and Jones won't be able to suit up over the club's next two contests, there's expected to be enough players available for Houston to avoid further schedule disruptions, sources told The New York Times' Marc Stein. The Rockets will be down seven players against the Blazers on Saturday, according to the league's Dec. 25 injury report.