After the strike on Wednesday in which the six NBA teams scheduled to play boycotted the games, players inside the bubble met to discuss how to proceed.
Among the results of the meeting: The Oklahoma City Thunder were one of the teams that voted to continue playing, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Every team still inside the bubble except the Los Angeles teams, the Lakers and Clippers, voted to continue playing.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Lakers’ and Clippers’ votes to not continue playing the season was “more of a polling, than a final vote” and that playoff resumption “remains still up in the air.”
The Clippers and Lakers voting on perhaps not continuing with the season was considered more of a polling, than a final vote, sources tell ESPN. The resumption of the playoffs remains still up in the air.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 27, 2020
Wojnarowski also tweeted that discussions will continue Thursday and that it is unlikely the games scheduled that day will take place.
ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that his source said players felt like they did not accomplish much in the meeting and that there is a “feeling of ‘uncertainty'” going into the night.
The Board of Governors are scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. Thursday.
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The strike was prompted by the Sunday incident in Kenosha, Wisconsin in which Jacob Black, a Black man, was shot in the back seven times by a police officer as he opened the door to his car.
The police had been responding to a domestic violence call. Blake’s family told ABC Chicago that Blake had gotten out of the car to try to break up the fight. Video shows police following him with their guns out as he walked back to his car, and after Blake opened the door, he was shot several times.
The Milwaukee Bucks, whose home stadium is less than an hour north of Kenosha, were the first NBA team to decide to strike. Their opponent, the Orlando Magic, joined in as game time approached.
Both the Bucks and Magic were among teams that voted to continue the season, according to Charania.
The Thunder and Houston Rockets were scheduled to play after them, but those two teams decide to strike as well. The Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers shortly followed suit.
Not long after, the NBA announced all games had been postponed, meaning there would be no forfeits.
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