NBA Playoffs Will Resume Saturday; Players, Coaches & League Had “Candid, Impassioned” Meeting

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe NBA Playoffs on ABC scored big Tuesday night, delivering a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.73 million viewers who tuned in to watch the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz. ABC also aired a primetime iteration of The Jump (0.5, 2.30M), its pregame show, prior to the playoff matchup.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed that the playoffs will resume today after a tumultuous couple of days that saw players almost cancel the season.The league and players union released a joint statement Friday announcing resumption of the games, and said that the league and its players will work together on several initiatives to promote voting access, combat social injustice and racial inequality, and advocate for police

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNational Football League players are formulating plans on how they will protest the shooting of Wisconsin man Jacob Blake. Some indicate they may follow in the wake of the NBA, WNBA, MLS and MLB teams and sit out a game.Teams have already cancelled practices to discuss social issues.

The Toronto Raptors will start their best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Celtics on Sunday after Game 1 was postponed Thursday in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wis., last weekend.

went on strike Wednesday night in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In a joint statement shared on social media, National Basketball Players Association Executive Director Michele Roberts and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said of the decision, "We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches and team governors regarding next steps to further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial

The NBA has reached an agreement with the players union to resume playoff games this weekend and part of the deal was turning basketball arenas into voting locations this November!

The NBA will pick back up its playoffs on Saturday, following a few days of player-led boycotts to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Wisconsin police officer last weekend.In addition, the NBA will set up a social justice coalition as well as convert arenas in cities where the buildings are owned by the franchises into voting centers for Election Day.Read the below statement from the NBA and NBA Players Association:“We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between

boycotted their scheduled playoff game against the Orlando Magic in the wake of the 29-year-old Wisconsin man being shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.“NBA playoff games for today will not be played as scheduled. We are hopeful to resume games either Friday or Saturday," NBA Executive Vice President Mike Bass said in a statement on Thursday.

National Basketball Association (NBA) players agreed on Thursday not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff games in a protest against racial injustice and police brutality.

Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross has praised the decision by several NBA teams to strike over the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake earlier this week. The Milwaukee Bucks, an NBA team located around an hour outside of Kenosha, where Blake was shot, never appeared on the court for their playoff game against the Orlando Magic Wednesday night.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBA players have voted to resume the playoffs but will take another night off on Thursday in response to the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, WI.ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and other reporters cited unidentified sources in saying players decided today to resume the season but after at least one more night off in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting and resulting protests.

Jordan Moreau The NBA has postponed the three playoff games which were scheduled to take place Thursday, as players continue to strike in light of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake, Variety has confirmed.However, the season is not officially over, as multiple outlets are reporting that players have voted to resume the playoffs at a later, as-yet-undecided date.The three Thursday games were between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors, and the

Dwyane Wade stands firmly with the Milwaukee Bucks and his fellow NBA stars.

Tracee Ellis Ross spoke out about the shooting of Jacob Blake during an appearance on Wednesday’s “The Late Late Show”.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Soccer joined its pro sports counterparts the NBA, WNBA and several Major League Baseball teams in postponing its slate of games in the wake of player-led protests spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake this past weekend in Kenosha, WI.The soccer league said Wednesday evening that it was postponing the remaining five games on its schedule for the night, part of MLS’ Week 7 slate: Inter Miami CF vs. Atlanta United, FC Dallas vs.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThursday’s NBA playoff schedule, and perhaps the entire playoffs, still hang in the balance, as a meeting of NBA players and coaches Wednesday failed to reach a concensus on next steps.Wednesday’s NBA playoff games were postponed when the Milwaukee Bucks – the team nearest Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the Jacob Blake shooting incident that sparked protests and looting took place – decided not to play their game.

The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 of their playoff series against Orlando Magic in protest over racial injustice.

The Milwaukee Bucks refused to take to the court today for the team’s scheduled game against the Orlando Magic in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who has reportedly been left paralyzed after being shot seven times in the back by a Milwaukee police officer.

 shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sunday, many NBA teams are striking during games. In a move of solidarity, Inside the NBA panelist Kenny Smith joined them, shocking viewers by walking off the set of the TNT analysis show while live on air."I think the biggest thing now, as a black man, as a former player, I think it's best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight," Smith said while taking off his microphone.