NBA players voted to continue their season in a meeting Thursday morning, one day after the Milwaukee Bucks decision not to play in their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake set off a domino effect of postponed games in the league.The Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers all followed the Bucks in opting not to play, leading to the postponement of all three playoff games that day. The next afternoon the NBA announced the three games scheduled to be played that day — Denver-Utah, Boston-Toronto and LA Clippers-Dallas — were also postponed.After the initial strike it was unclear if or when the season would resume as emotions ran high after police in Kenosha, Wis. shot Blake, a black man, in the back seven times in front of his three children while responding to a call that he had taken a woman's keys and refused to return them. Blake allegedly admitted to having a knife in his possession when police arrived, according to Wisconsin's Department of Justice. Police instructed Blake to "drop the knife" as he is seen on video holding something in his hand, though it is unclear...
NBA Players Vote to Resume Playoffs
Published August 28, 2020 at 5:50 AM
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