Sa kabila nang nangyaring boycott ng ilang teams, nagpasya ang NBA na ituloy na ang laro sa playoffs.
Kaya naman, muling mapapanood ang laban bukas. Ayon sa NBA, hindi dapat maapektuhan ang laro dahil sa protesta. Kaya, pumayag ang mga players at team owners na i-resume ang games.
Kabilang sa balik-aksyon ang Game 5 ng Lakers at Portland, Thunder saka Rockets. Gayundin ang Bucks at Magic.
‘All parties agreed to resume NBA playoff games on Saturday, Aug. 29 (Sunday PH time) with the understanding that the league together with the players will work to enact the following commitments,’ turan sa statement.
Nagpahayag naman si Oklahoma City star Chris Paul ng NBA players union tungkol dito.
“We’re going to continue to play but we’re also going to continue to make sure our voices are heard,”
‘While I don’t walk in the same shoes as Black men and women, I can see the trauma and fear that racialized violence causes and how it continues the painful legacy of racial inequity that persists in our country.’
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