NBA players sit out Wednesday’s playoff games, other athletes follow their lead to protest Jacob Blake’s shooting

The Milwaukee Bucks decided to “strike” and not take the floor for their playoff game today in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. The game between the Bucks and the Orlando Magic was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, but the teams remained in their respective locker rooms.

Games between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers were then also postponed, according to the NBA.