LOS ANGELES - National Basketball Association play-off games were cancelled for a second straight day on Thursday , but players pledged to return to the court as they sought support from team owners in tackling racial injustice.
The Buck's boycott, which was joined by their scheduled opponents the Orlando Magic, prompted the NBA to postpone all three play-off games scheduled for Wednesday and three more slated for Thursday as players from all teams debated whether to continue the season already disrupted by coronavirus. Details of the meeting were not immediately available, but ESPN reported that players pushed for owners to join them in a"direct action plan" to promote voter turnout, police accountability and police reform legislation.The National Hockey League, which did not postpone games on Wednesday, called off games in its quarantine bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton on Thursday and Friday.
The courts were quiet at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, although two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka agreed to go ahead with her Western & Southern Open semi-final on Friday after initially saying she was pulling out of the event. The WNBA women's basketball league postponed its slate of games on Thursday for a second day running, but players said they intended to return to the court on Friday.
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