LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A series of professional sports experienced an unprecedented boycotting of games Wednesday in the wake of racial unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake.
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The Milwaukee Bucks did not take the court Wednesday in their playoff Game 5 against the Orlando Magic.
Several other NBA games were also called off and the league has yet to announce when or if the games will be rescheduled.
NBA postpones Wednesday's playoff games amid players boycott
The WNBA was also showing solidarity in the movement.
Several players were seen wearing T-shirts with bullet holes in their backs, one video showed a team taking a knee in a show of frustration over the treatment of black people in America by law enforcement.
13 Action News reached out to several Las Vegas sportsbooks Wednesday regarding the situation.
William Hill, which operates several sportsbooks, said it would issue refunds for the affected games.
