NBA playoffs resume Saturday

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As part of the agreement between the NBA and National Basketball Players Association to end the work stoppage in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the league and the players will work together on several initiatives to promote voting access, combat social injustice and racial inequality, and advocate for police reform -- including opening NBA arenas as polling places. "These commitments follow months of close collaboration around designing a safe and healthy environment to restart the NBA season, providing a platform to promote social justice, as well as creating an NBA Foundation focused on economic empowerment in the Black community," NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA executive director Michele Roberts said in a joint statement. "We look forward to the resumption of the playoffs and continuing to work together -- in Orlando and in all NBA team markets -- to push for meaningful and sustainable change." ALSO: Kenny Smith says his Inside the NBA walk-off wasn't pre-planned.