The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers were reportedly the two teams pushing for the cancellation of the season after NBA players went on strike Wednesday. LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard were named as prominent members of each team taking this position.

Two other notable Lakers also shared this view of cancellation: Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo.

The Lakers ultimately came around on playing, and the playoffs will resume on Saturday. Tania Ganguli and Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times detailed how the Lakers came to their final decision:

After a night’s sleep, the Lakers met again as a team. Players from other teams filed into the general meeting space late Thursday morning and waited for the Lakers to join them.

Howard and Lakers guard Rajon Rondo, who is from Louisville, Ky., where Taylor was killed, had been the two most prominent players in favor of not finishing the season. That group felt they would better serve the community on the front lines.

But more of them wanted to play with so much on the line financially and the ability to continue having a platform to speak; not to mention the chance to win a championship.

Howard had concerns about the NBA restarting heading into the bubble, so his stance isn't all that surprising. It's interesting to note that Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reported that Howard was the lone Laker to remain at Wednesday's tense players meeting after LeBron and other teammates left.

Regardless, the Lakers are set to be back in action on Saturday to finally play Game 5 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Los Angeles is up 3-1 in the series and should have little issue advancing with Damian Lillard now out of the bubble with a knee injury. It's unclear if Rondo will return after back spasms resulted in a setback from his initial planned return from a hand injury.