/Milwaukee Bucks dont take floor for NBA playoff game, apparently in response to shooting of Jacob Blake

Milwaukee Bucks dont take floor for NBA playoff game, apparently in response to shooting of Jacob Blake

The Milwaukee Bucks did not take the floor for their NBA playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, in an apparent protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.

When the clock struck 4:10 p.m. for the Bucks to tip off against the Magic, the team was still in the locker room.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the playoff contest, Game 5 of the first-round playoff matchup inside the NBA bubble in Florida, would be played. The Bucks lead the best-of-7-game series, 3-1.

As the game delay played out, NBA superstar LeBron James appeared to tweet his support for the Bucks’ protest: “F–K THIS MAN!!!! WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT.”

And before Wednesday afternoon’s scheduled game, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said his team would struggle to play in light of the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

“It is a great challenge to have an appreciation and a desire to want change,” he said. “To want something different and better in Kenosha, Milwaukee and Wisconsin and then to go out and play a game.”

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