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- Bucks’ home of Milwaukee is close to site of shooting
- George Hill says team is ‘tired of killings and injustice’
- MLB and WNBA teams also boycott in solidarity
On an extraordinary day for the NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 of their playoff series against the Orlando Magic in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, leading the NBA to reschedule all other Wednesday night playoff games.
Milwaukee’s baseball team, the Brewers, also confirmed they would not play their game scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Written by Tom Lutz and Kari Paul
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/26/milwaukee-bucks-boycott-nba-playoff-game-orlando-magic-jacob-blake under the title “NBA joined by MLB teams in boycott to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
