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The Milwaukee Bucks have boycotted their playoff game versus the Orlando Magic this afternoon, becoming the first NBA team in history to do so in protest of social injustice.
The Magic did a full warmup — but by the time the pregame clock hit 0:00, the court was empty.
As it became clear that Game 5 in the Bucks-Orlando series wouldn't be played, the game balls were shelved:
George Hill is the first to comment: https://twitter.com/MarcJSpears/status/1298716724397617154
Just in: the Rockets and Thunder will boycott their game tonight in protest.
NBA reporter @ShamsCharania reports that the Bucks players are attempting to reach Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. This is incredible.
This is personal for the Bucks. Police tased and knelt on the neck of Bucks player Sterling Brown.
Read about it in Brown's own words in @PlayersTribune: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sterling-brown-milwaukee-police-racial-injustice
Read about it in Brown's own words in @PlayersTribune: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sterling-brown-milwaukee-police-racial-injustice
We're going to call this a strike. Not a boycott. https://twitter.com/franklinleonard/status/1298727583987638272
SVP of the Bucks (and Obama WH alum) tweets in support: https://twitter.com/AlexanderLasry/status/1298722513304748032
LeBron James. Period. https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1298721240748711936
An emotional reading of the names on the Bucks roster — the players who made this decision together. https://twitter.com/Jared_Wade/status/1298724438083543040
Update: All of tonight's games have been postponed.
The foremost voice in NBA reporting @wojespn weighs in on the power of this moment: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1298729636004798466
Of course, there are political parallels to make here: https://twitter.com/radleybalko/status/1298726563014467584
Bucks reporter @ZoraStephenson: “Let that settle — that you have the ability to stand up for what you believe in in this country. And the Bucks are doing that right now.”
NBA players will meet at 8PM tonight. Can we get a livestream! Please!
Former NBA player @KendrickPerkins on the impact of LeBron James: “It’s the difference between being popular and powerful … Man, like he could actually run for president.”
The @WashMystics arrive for their game wearing shirts that each have seven bullet holes hand-drawn on the back.
Could this be the end of the NBA season all together? https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1298741028221071361
The courts say Black Lives Matter. NBA players want their country to prove it.
