On Wednesday, the WNBA announced that there will be no games played on Wednesday, August 26. This was sparked by a social justice movement to lay attention to Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisc. last weekend. Blake, a Black man, was shot from behind by police.
The Washington Mystics were expected to play the Atlanta Dream tonight. However, according to ESPN’s Holly Rowe, the team did not feel it was right to play. They were ultimately able to convince the rest of the teams expected to play to not play tonight.
All teams showed up before 7 p.