NBA resumes: Players have decided to resume NBA playoffs post ‘players meeting’ in Bubble

A sudden boycott by the players had left a lot of questions unanswered, but ‘NBA resumes’ is now trending after a decision by the players.

Yesterday the Milwaukee Bucks decided to not take the floor for Game 5 of the round 1 of Playoffs. This sparked a fire and then soon, the rest of the teams decided not to play as well, due to the horrific shooting of Jacob Blake.

After the teams decided to boycott their matches, there was a meeting of the players at night. After the meeting, the Lakers and the Clippers announced that they would not continue the rest of the season.

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There were reports about a few of the Lakers staying up till the early hours of the day and discussing their further plan of action.

Players decide to resume NBA Playoffs

A second meeting of the players was scheduled to occur at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time today. All the players present in the bubble were in attendance and a 45-minute-long meeting took place. After the meeting, we got the confirmation that the players decided to resume the playoffs.

Adrian Wojnarowski, senior NBA insider for ESPN reports the following,

Today’s games to be postponed, games may start as soon as Friday.

Another news came out from the players’ meeting that today’s matchups would also be postponed for further dates.

Adrian Wojnarowski reports that games may start as soon as Friday, and the NBA playoffs will get underway. The players meeting could have been about using the NBA platform to convey messages about social injustice.

This comes as a sigh of relief for the NBA. An abrupt ending to the season would have caused them to take a major hit on the ratings.