The NBA season, including the Rockets’ first series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, will begin again on Saturday on the NBA’s Central Florida campus, a person with knowledge of the NBA plans said on Thursday.
The NBA postponed games on Thursday following the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision not to play their game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, prompting discussions among the Rockets and other teams to take similar steps to protest the run. of the shooting of Jacob Black, a 29-year-old black man in Kenosha, Wis.
The Rockets trained on Thursday with guard Russell Westbrook joining. Westbrook was called up to play doubtful on Wednesday, but would test his exciting read in the preheating with the intention of playing. The Rockets are scheduled to practice again Friday.
The series with the Thunder is tied, 2-2, after the Thunder had comebacks in Games 3 and 4 to even the series. Westbook have yet to play in the postseason and have played in only four of the eight seed games due to injury.
