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The NBA players are leaving inside the Orlando “bubble” for 50 days now. The Los Angeles Clippers’ head coach Doc Rivers talks on the anxiety that many players are experiencing in Orlando being away from their loved ones.

It has players emotional and a little on edge, according to the veteran coach.

“You forget that being in the bubble is hard,” Doc Rivers said on the emotions surrounding the Wednesday boycott, per NBC Sports.

“And even some of that came up [around the boycott]. I knew it was hard, but listening to some of these guys speak, just mental awareness, we got to be a little sharper on that as well…

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that everyone in this bubble just seems to be a little bit more emotional and I’m not kidding. It’s true. I think part of the effect of being like jammed together every day, it has had that effect on everyone.”

The playoff games will resume on Saturday, after the players moved on to a two-day strike protesting against social and racial injustice.