Milwaukee Bucks boycott playoff game in response to Jacob Blake shooting

Milwuakee Bucks vs. Orlando Magic.
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The Milwaukee Bucks made a historic statement Wednesday by boycotting Game 5 of their first round NBA playoff series against the Orlando Magic. Multiple teams still standing in the Orlando bubble have reportedly discussed sitting out their next game in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sunday. But it was the Bucks, the team representing Blake's state, who first made the call.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.