James Harden squashes coronavirus rumours, arrives at NBA Bubble in Orlando: WATCH

Five days ago, Houston Rockets arrived at NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida sans star guards James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Following Rockets' arrival, rumours about both superstars having coronavirus swirled. After Russell Westbrook coronavirus rumours were confirmed by Westbrook himself, fans assumed that Harden too has contacted virus. 

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Harden arrives in Orlando five days after Rockets, squashes James Harden COVID-19 rumours

On Tuesday (Wednesday IST) Houston Rockets shared a video of Harden arriving at NBA's Walt Disney World Resort campus in Orlando, Florida. team and Harden are yet to reveal reason for Harden's late arrival. Rockets superstar arrived a day after Russell Westbrook confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 before Rockets left for Walt Disney World. Harden will have to go through 48-hour quarantine in his hotel room like all or players and staff before joining his team for practice. 

Russell Westbrook coronavirus news confirmed amid James Harden COVID-19 rumours

Russell Westbrook will need to test negative twice before being cleared to travel to join rest of team in Orlando. While he was supposed to arrive this week, ESPN reported that date for Westbrook's travel has been set. Luc Mbah a Moute, who was signed as a replacement for Thabo Sefolosha also did t travel to NBA bubble. Sefolosha opted out of NBA restart a few weeks ago. Sefolosha had also confirmed that some of his teammates have COVID-19.

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Houston Rockets schedule for NBA restart

Rockets were ranked sixth in Western Conference with a 40-24 win-loss record before league was suspended on March 11 due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Before league suspended, James Harden was averaging a league-leading 34.4 points, 6.4 assists and 7.4 rebounds per game, while Westbrook was scoring 27.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game. Rockets will begin ir NBA season by playing against Dallas Mavericks on Friday, July 31. 

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(Im source: Houston Rockets official Twitter account – @HoustonRockets)