LOS ANGELES -- NBA players strongly considered boycotting playoff games if Commissioner Adam Silver hadnt ruled harshly against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Jeff Sevy Jersey Online . Players union Vice-President Roger Mason Jr. said Tuesday he spoke to representatives from every playoff team about the possibility of boycotting the upcoming post-season games in solidarity against any ruling that didnt include a mandate for Sterling to sell the Clippers. "We didnt want to jump to conclusions, but we were prepared that if this decision came down, we were prepared to move forward that way," Mason said. "We didnt think that this was just a Clippers issue, so we didnt want to put the pressure on Chris Paul and Blake Griffin and that team. We wanted to band behind our brothers to do the right thing." The Clippers host the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, one of three playoff games on the NBA schedule. Three more are scheduled for Wednesday. Before Game 5 on Tuesday night, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he wasnt certain his players had formally discussed a boycott. He thought the Clippers instead were just hoping for a suitable response from Silver. "I think they had the trust that there would be," Rivers said. "Im glad we dont have to find out." The Clippers and Warriors werent made available to reporters before Game 5. Mason believes every team would have embraced a boycott, and the veteran guard said Silver was made aware of the possibility of the unprecedented move by Kevin Johnson, the Sacramento mayor and former NBA player who is advising the union on the issue. "I spoke to (Warriors forward) Jermaine ONeal, and he pretty much said that their team would be on board," Mason said. During a news conference at Los Angeles City Hall, several current and former players proclaimed their support for Silvers decision. Sterling was fined $2.5 million and banned from the NBA for life for racist comments made in a recorded conversation. Silver also said he will urge the NBAs board of governors to compel Sterling to sell the Clippers. "We were very clear that anything other than Sterling selling his team was not going to be enough for us," Mason said. Mason said the players arent yet completely satisfied. They want a concrete timetable for the board governors vote necessary to force Sterling to sell his team. But Mason is confident the other NBA owners will vote to force Sterling to sell. "I know a lot of the owners personally from spending time in negotiations, and I would be shocked if it wasnt unanimous," Mason said. Dave Croston Jersey Online . A police inspector told The Associated Press the crane operator is not yet suspected of any wrongdoing but is considered a key witness to the accident at the Arena Corinthians. Myron Baker Jersey Online .Y. -- Phil Jackson lost out on his preferred coach, but hes working hard on keeping his star player. https://www.cheapjerseysatwholesale.com/jerry-noonan-jersey-online/ . Each day, TSN.ca provides the latest rumours, reports and speculation from around the NHL beat. Keeping The Captain? Brian Giontas agent Steve Bartlett told La Presse on Tuesday that the Montreal Canadiens want to keep their captain - an unrestricted free agent on July 1 - in the fold, while sources tell the paper that the two sides will start talks this week.ATHENS, Greece - Dimitris Salpingidis scored a goal and assisted on another in PAOKs come-from-behind 3-2 home victory over Panthrakikos in the Greek league Sunday.Dimitris Papadopoulos and Facundo Pereyra also scored for league-leading PAOK. Nicolas Diguiny and Nikos Tsoumanis scored for the visitors.The league resumed play after games were cancelled last weekend following the street assault of a senior refereeing official.The win kept PAOK in first place, two points ahead of defending champion Olympiakos, which won 4-0 at Kerkyra. Kalloni, which played Platanias to a 0-0 draw Saturday, is tied for third with Panathinaikos, which won 2-1 over Veria on Sunday.Also, Asteras won 4-1 at Ergotelis, Panionios beat Niki Volos 2-1 and Giannena defeaated OFI 3-0. Cheap Jerseys. Salpingidis opened the scoring for PAOK in the seventh minute with a close-range shot after Panthrakikos defence failed to clear a cross and the ball bounced off a defender his way.In the 32nd, a cross from the right found Diguiny unmarked just inside the area and his powerful shot went just inside the right post.Panthrakikos went ahead in the 55th, when Tsoumanis beat a defender to the ball inside the area and blasted a shot into the top right corner of PAOKs goal.The hosts recovered quickly and Papadopoulos equalized in the 62nd with a header from Salpingidis cross. Pereyra scored the winner in the 65th with a free kick that hit the underside of the crossbar before landing just beyond the goal line. ' ' '