All NBA players kneel for national anthem as league resumes play
By Iliana Limón Romero
Jul 30, 2020
Members of the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz kneel together during the national anthem before they played in the first game of the NBA restart Thursday at ESPN Wide World of Sports. (Ashley Landis/AP)
All players competing in the first game of the NBA restart took a knee and locked arms during a recording of the national anthem Thursday night at ESPN Wide World of Sports.
The New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz wore Black Lives Matter warm-up shirts and were joined by coaches and game officials, who also knelt for the anthem.
Some players raised fists in the air, while others closed their eyes and bowed their heads.
The league has vowed to make fighting racial injustice the focus of the NBA restart, painting "Black Lives Matter" on every court and giving players the option to have anti-racism phrases displayed on their jerseys.
Before the anthem played, various players spoke without their faces being featured on the TNT broadcast screen, sharing their commitment to fighting police brutality and other forms of racial inequality.
“We will turn pain into progress,” one player vowed. Another added, “Things aren’t going back to normal until things change.”
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