From 54fedd6afaf4d11fc20327cad3069908604f05f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashish Mistry <ashishmistry19@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 16:54:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: prevent subclass shadowing of global HTTP session

---
 src/nba_api/library/http.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/nba_api/library/http.py b/src/nba_api/library/http.py
index aeac18ee..fbfe3691 100644
--- a/src/nba_api/library/http.py
+++ b/src/nba_api/library/http.py
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ class NBAHTTP:
 
     @classmethod
     def get_session(cls):
-        session = cls._session
+        session = NBAHTTP._session
         if session is None:
             session = requests.Session()
-            cls._session = session
+            NBAHTTP._session = session
         return session
 
     @classmethod
     def set_session(cls, session) -> None:
-        cls._session = session
+        NBAHTTP._session = session
 
     def clean_contents(self, contents):
         return contents

From e4a1719fc7fc6aa29d64a82727b83ba659b55ee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ashish Mistry <ashishmistry19@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 16:54:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: mock network requests in live boxscore and odds url
 tests

---
 tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_boxscore.py | 2 +-
 tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_odds.py     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_boxscore.py b/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_boxscore.py
index 605a461d..03113356 100644
--- a/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_boxscore.py
+++ b/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_boxscore.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def send_api_request(
     monkeypatch.setattr(NBAHTTP, "send_api_request", MockResponse.send_api_request)
 
 
-def test_get_request_url():
+def test_get_request_url(nba_http_patch):
     assert (
         boxscore.BoxScore(game_id).get_request_url()
         == "https://cdn.nba.com/static/json/liveData/boxscore/boxscore_0022000180.json"
diff --git a/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_odds.py b/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_odds.py
index fb8354ca..2f5bba36 100644
--- a/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_odds.py
+++ b/tests/unit/live/endpoints/test_live_odds.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def send_api_request(
     monkeypatch.setattr(NBAHTTP, "send_api_request", MockResponse.send_api_request)
 
 
-def test_get_request_url():
+def test_get_request_url(nba_http_patch):
     assert (
         odds.Odds().get_request_url()
         == "https://cdn.nba.com/static/json/liveData/odds/odds_todaysGames.json"