The two marquee teams in the Western Conference, whom many are looking forward to seeing face off in the West Finals, were the two teams who voted to strike the rest of the season at a meeting that occurred on Wednesday night in the NBA bubble between all of the players on the campus. The meeting came about after the Milwaukee Bucks led a league-wide strike on Wednesday as they refused to take the court against the Orlando Magic for their Game 5.
According to Chris Haynes of the NBA on TNT/Yahoo and Shams Charania of The Athletic, the two L.A. teams were the two teams who led the vote to cancel the rest of the season. LeBron James, in particular, was upset that owners did not join players in sorting out the issues at hand.
Sources: Every team besides Lakers and Clippers voted to continue playing. LeBron James said in meeting he want owners to be more involved/take action.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 27, 2020
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the rest of the playoffs and were the first two teams to exit the meeting, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) August 27, 2020
The NBA will have a meeting of its Board of Governors on Thursday morning as it looks like the remainder of the season in serious doubt as the players look for something to change with regards to the constant violence inflicted on Black people in America.
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