The Lakers and Trail Blazers are sitting Game 5 of series, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
All three NBA games will not be played as players sit in wake of Jacob Blake shooting.– Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2020
Wednesdays two other video games, Magic-Bucks and Thunder-Rockets, were likewise delayed. All three video games will be rescheduled.
Players from both the Portland Trail Sports Jackets and Los Angeles Lakers have actually decided to sit out Game 5 of their first-round series. The boycott was prompted by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Update 1: Shams Charania of The Athletic reports that players will satisfy in Orlando to discuss their next steps:
