The Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers were scheduled to play Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night, with the former having the chance to close it out and advance to the next round.
But starting with the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA players took the world by storm by deciding to boycott their games after Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by a police officer in Wisconsin. It forced the league to postpone the day’s games.
All of the NBA players in the Orlando Bubble met on Wednesday night to discuss their next course of action, with the Lakers and L.