Updated August 26th, 7:20 p.m.

The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres agreed to postpone their game on Wednesday night, joining the Brewers and Reds in not playing after the NBA player’s boycott.

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The Milwaukee Bucks were set to tip off against the Orlando Magic at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, but the players never made it out to the court. Instead the Bucks decided to put the focus back on the fight for social justice by boycotting their playoff game to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Ever since the NBA restart began, the league has tried to make Black Live Matter a focal point of their broadcasts. The message is prominently featured on the court and players have messages for social justice on the back of their jerseys. Yet even with all of the attention the NBA has tried to give to these issues, the playoff games continued to overshadow that message.

That is until the Bucks stepped in by boycotting.

Players and coaches around the league have tried to push the narrative away from the games and back to the issues that matter whenever they speak to the media, but the focus still rests on basketball. By boycotting their playoff games, NBA players are trying to get control of the narrative again.

When George Floyd was murdered back in May, there were no sports to distract away from the injustice that took place. In the case of Blake, there was playoff basketball games, as well as countless other sports taking place to draw attention away from the shooting.

After the Bucks players boycotted their game, the players from the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to do the same with their game as well. Then the league quickly announced that they would postpone all games.

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that all NBA players in the bubble have been invited to a meeting at 8:00 p.m. tonight to discuss how they will proceed after these boycotts.

In response to the Bucks boycott, the Milwaukee Brewers have also decided to not to play tonight against the Cincinnati Reds according to baseball insider Jared Diamond. ESPN’s Jeff Passan is reporting that some other teams may follow suit, with the Seattle Mariners being among those discussing the possibility of not playing.

We will continue to monitor this story and update this post as more news develops.