In the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. and widespread strikes in American professional sports, Washington Mystics players opted not to play their scheduled game against the Atlanta Dream Wednesday evening.
In turn, the WNBA postponed that contest along with two others set to be played Wednesday. News of the decision broke with the Mystics and Dream on the court, broadcast on ESPN.
Mystics players took the floor in white shirts with seven gunshot wounds painted on their backs to commemorate the seven gunshots that police could be heard firing in a widely-shared video of Blake’s shooting — all of which took place while Blake’s back was turned.