Orlando27 August 2020 21:46 ISTProtest against another fatal police firingLeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to abandon the NBA season in protest at the latest US police shooting of a black man, multiple reports said on Wednesday. ESPN, The Athletic and Yahoo Sports all reported that the Lakers and Clippers called for the 2019-20 season to be scrapped in the wake of Jacob Blake's shooting in Wisconsin on Sunday. Bucks’ boycottThe Lakers and Clippers’ vote to end the season came at an emergency meeting of all the teams left in the NBA playoffs. It was not immediately clear how the season would proceed following Wednesday's meeting, or whether the Lakers and Clippers — the two strongest sides in the Western Conference — would remain in the playoffs despite voting to halt the season. James’ tweetThe Lakers' James had earlier tweeted angrily over the shooting of Blake, who was shot seven times in the back by police as he got into a car carrying his three children.

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2020 16:18 UTC