Basketball will be played again inside the NBA's bubble at Walt Disney World on Friday, albeit of the practice variety. Playoff matchups are set to resume on Saturday, meaning games will have stopped for three days while players protested the shooting of a Black man by police in Wisconsin earlier this week.
There was the refusal to play by the Milwaukee Bucks, something that caught the league – and even the Bucks' would-be opponent Wednesday, the Orlando Magic – by surprise. That led to two other games being called off, and ultimately a three-hour meeting involving players, coaches, and others where some suggested the prudent move would be to end the season.
By Thursday morning, cooler heads prevailed, and players decided to continue the playoffs.
