ORLANDO — Every Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans coach and player lined up along the sideline of the court as voices of players and coaches interspersed with sounds of protests played over the speakers in HP Field House. The sound clips from the players touched on racial injustice and the hope that equality could be reached as long as momentum is not lost.
As the players stood, all wearing black warmup shirts that read “Black Lives Matter,” Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell’s voice could be heard saying, “As an African American, if you can’t feel safe in your own home, where can you be safe?