Apparently the wizards had the intention of walking off the court and not playing game 5 in protest:
http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket..._revealed.html
Quote:
The Warriors players had a devised a plan that if they went through with it would’ve been one for the history books. The plan was to go through the pre-game festivities Tuesday night, then take the floor for the opening tip. Dap the Clippers starters, as is customary, and get in position for the jump ball.
As soon as it was tossed, point guard Stephen Curry said his team was going to walk off the floor in protest. All of them.
“It would have been our only chance to make a statement in front of the biggest audience that we weren’t going to accept anything but the maximum punishment,” Curry said. “We would deal with the consequences later but we were not going to play.”
Thanks to Adam Silver, that boycott plan was boycotted. The new NBA commissioner’s punishment of Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his bigoted comments — a lifetime ban and forced sale of the franchise—appeased the fury of the players.
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i would assume this would be uber-illegal and breaking many union/CBA rules in place. Would have been downright crazy to see happen though.