LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Throughout the entire period of NBA seeding games that also included a play-in matchup, there were a total of 89 contests played in a little over two weeks.
Over the course of that juncture, every ball boy and ball girl wore black “Black Lives Matter” T-shirts. They are visible contributors on the court, assisting players in shagging rebounds and passing to them during their pregame workouts, and wiping up wet spots on the court in games, among other duties.
But a few players began noticing that when the playoffs started, those ball boys and ball girls suddenly began wearing blue NBA logo T-shirts.