All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday will be postponed as players protest the shooting Sunday of Jacob Blake, the league announced. The games will be rescheduled. Patrick Rishe, Sports Business Director at Washington University, and CNBC's Jabari Young join "Squawk Box" to discuss. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: [ Ссылка ]
All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday will be postponed as players protest the shooting Sunday of Jacob Blake, the league announced. The games will be rescheduled.
“The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers – have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled,” the league said in a statement.
Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident has sparked protests in Kenosha throughout the week. Blake is reportedly paralyzed from the waist down.
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