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NBA: On the advice of Barack Obama, LeBron James continues season

Dhe US sport is active again after the break in protest against racism and police violence, but especially among the NBA pros, it is still more sensitive than ever before. “It’s bigger than basketball,” said star player Giannis Antetokounmpo after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Orlando Magic and made it to the semifinals of the Eastern Conference. “There will be games where you will get 30, 35, 50 or whatever points and you will remember that. The way we felt, we will remember it for the rest of our lives, ”he said about the hours in the cabin on Wednesday.

The Bucks were the first US professional team to boycott a playoff game, triggering an unprecedented wave of solidarity. Teams and players from the WNBA (women’s basketball), MLS (soccer), MLB (baseball) had joined, teams from the NFL (American football) did not train and even the tennis masters in New York played for a day not at all. “That’s big. That’s strong, ”said Antetokounmpo. “Seeing other athletes and teams from other leagues doing the same thing is powerful and shows that we did the right thing.” On Saturday it went on everywhere.

The Bucks had sat in the cabin for hours, talking on the phone to Jacob Blake’s family, among others. 29-year-old Blake was shot seven times in the back by police in Kenosha a week ago. Milwaukee is less than an hour’s drive from the crime scene.

NHL professionals stand by the national anthem

The NHL joined the protest on Thursday with a day’s delay. The professionals justified this in an impressive press conference with the fact that they had been surprised by the developments and wanted to exchange ideas first. The fact that the National Hockey League, which is dominated by white professionals, also decided to forego the playoffs on Thursday and Friday was seen as another strong sign.

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“This is a much stronger message than anything a player or two could do on the ice,” said black pro Ryan Reaves of the Vegas Golden Knights. “The conversation started with white players from other teams who wanted to speak. That’s strong.”

Bucks players are calling for change and calling for voting

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Police violence in the USA: The Milwaukee Bucks read a statement from the team about the boycott of their NBA game and explain their demands.

In the National Hockey League, before the game of the Tampa Bay Lightning against the Boston Bruins, there was now a video that called for the fight against racism. The professionals in the NHL stood for the American and Canadian anthems, in the NBA the players kneeled and wore shirts that said “Black lives matter”. The basketball players did without any further symbolic gestures.

US President Donald Trump had criticized the NBA for the protest. “You have become like a political organization. I don’t think that’s good for the sport or the country, ”said Trump. Trump said he did not know much about the protest in the NBA. But he knows that their TV ratings were “very bad” because the people of the NBA had gotten a little tired.

Donald Trump criticizes strike in the NBA

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NBA players suspend the playoffs after renewed police violence in the United States. President Donald Trump has criticized the basketball league’s action, claiming it is damaging the sport.

In the NBA there had been intense discussions about whether the season should continue at all. After several meetings and after Lakers star LeBron James, among others, had accepted the advice of ex-President Barack Obama, the basketball players decided to keep playing. The team owners gave them a promise that, where possible, the home arenas would be used as polling stations for the upcoming presidential election.

“I had doubts, yes. But if you can come up with a plan that you feel is important to change the landscape and what is going on, then it will be clearer, “James told TNT after the success the Portland Trail Blazers and the semi-finals of the Western Conference. “Having the NBA arenas as polling stations for so many communities is incredible, we want to continue that. November is around the corner, we all know how important that is. ”On November 3rd, the next US president will be elected.

However, not all NBA stars are convinced of this. Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, the team led by basketball international Daniel Theis, said on Saturday, “I’m not as confident as I would like to be.” There have been too many promises of change in the past.

Schröder is thrown off the pitch in the loss to Houston

Now that the game is back, there are some sporting headlines again. The German national player Dennis Schröder flew off the pitch in the important fifth victory of the NBA playoff series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets. The Thunder clearly lost the duel 80: 114 and are now 2: 3 behind in the series. In the event of another defeat, Schröder’s team is eliminated and a conference semi-final against the Los Angeles Lakers is excluded.

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Like the Milwaukee Bucks before, the Lakers made it into the next round perfectly and can now watch in a relaxed manner whether the Rockets or the Thunder prevail. The team around superstar LeBron James won against the Portland Trail Blazers 131: 122 and retained the upper hand in the series after the defeat at the beginning with 4: 1 in the end. Even the Bucks no longer allowed themselves to be weak after the bankruptcy at the start and won game five against Orlando Magic after the two protest days triggered by their boycott 118: 104. In the semifinals of the Eastern Conference they will meet the Miami Heat.

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Schröder had to leave the pitch in the third quarter after a clash with PJ Tucker. Tucker was also not allowed to continue playing. Coach Billy Donovan indicated that he did not understand the referee’s decision. “I don’t know if you felt that Dennis had to go down because PJ had to go down,” said the Thunder coach. “I don’t want to start speculating what Dennis has to think about.” With 19 points, Schröder was still the most successful thrower of his team, after which the Thunder on the offensive no longer had enough solutions to put the Rockets under pressure again .

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