Lakers governor Jeanie Buss was hoping to watch the Lakers win their first series in the NBA playoffs in eight years tonight. Instead, she and her team expressed solidarity with their players as they strike.
The WNBA stands in solidarity with the NBA, and all three games will not take place.
After the NBA suspended all playoff games on Wednesday night following a protest walkout by the Milwaukee Bucks over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Charles Barkley shared his uncensored reaction on CNN.
“As a black man, as a former player, I think it’s best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight,” Smith said.
Here's how the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man in Wisconsin, stopped the NBA playoff games in Florida.
The Lakers decided Wednesday afternoon to join the Bucks and other NBA teams in not playing their scheduled playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
NBA players decided not to take the court on Wednesday following police shooting Jacob Blake in Kenosha.
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The National Basketball Association delivered a strong message by postponing all three of the league’s games. The Boston Celtics showcased an equally strong stance on the causes of social injustice.
The Lakers are hoping to accomplish something bigger than basketball in Orlando, and they took the first step on Wednesday.
The National Basketball Association delivered quite a statement Wednesday evening. The league postponed all three games set to take place Wednesday, as players did not feel comfortable with playing playoffs games due to the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police office in Wisconsin.
The Lakers, Trail Blazers and the rest of the teams that sat out on Wednesday in protest over police brutality and the Jacob Blake shooting are having their games rescheduled, according to the league.
