All three WNBA games initially scheduled to be played on Wednesday night have been postponed.
"After speaking with representatives of teams playing tonight as well as our WNBPA leadership, the consensus is to not play in tonight's slates of games and to kneel, lock arms and raise fists during the national anthem," Atlanta Dream center Elizabeth Williams said in a statement. "We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the NBA and we'll continue this conversation with our brothers and sisters across all leagues and look to take collective action."
The decision of the league's players come hours removed from the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks deciding not to play in their Game 5 playoff game against the Orlando Magic, which was originally set to tipoff at 4 p.