Update 08/26/2020 8:28pm:
The NBA has postponed all three of its Wednesday night playoff matchups after the Milwaukee Bucks staged a strike to raise awareness around the Jacob Blake shooting and the accompanying unrest. LeBron tweeted following the announcement, "F--K THIS MAN!!!! WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT." The decision to sit out these games harkens back to earlier this summer prior to the restart when Kyrie Irving tried leading a strike.
"The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks' decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today's three games -- Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers -- have been postponed," the NBA said in a statement on Wednesday. "Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled."
Original 08/26/2020 4:50pm:
The Milwaukee Bucks decided to boycott their Game 5 playoff matchup against the Orlando Magic in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting.
"We're tired of the killings and the injustice," said Bucks guard, George Hill.
NBA officials found out about the boycott after going into the team's locker room when they didn't appear on the court before the game's 4 p.m. ET start time. Even though the Orlando Magic were present on the court during pregame, they left almost four minutes before tipoff.
Jacob Blake is a Black man who was shot seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday. His attorney announced yesterday that Blake is paralyzed and it would "take a miracle'' for him to walk again.
Source: ESPN
