NBA playoffs to resume after boycott over Jacob Blake police shooting
NBA playoffs to resume after boycott over Jacob Blake police shooting
By Vinu Selvaratnam
PhD Candidate, Recreation and Leisure Studies,
University of Waterloo
On Aug. 26, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 of their first-round series in the NBA playoffs against the Orlando Magic. The Bucks refused to play in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times in the back by a police officer in Kenosha, Wis.
The players’ action followed talk by both the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers of refusing to play their respective games in protest of the shooting of Blake, a Black man.
The Bucks’ action echoed throughout the league and in response, the NBA postponed games on Aug. 26 and 27, with talk of resuming the playoffs on Friday or Saturday.
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