Los Angeles Clippers players opted not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling’s alleged racist comments before their game on Sunday night, instead mounting a silent protest.

The team ran out in their usual warm-up uniforms but tossed aside their tracksuit tops to reveal their red shirts were on inside-out to hide the Clippers logo.

Players also wore black wristbands or armbands during the game against the Warriors, which they lost 118-97. They also donned black socks with their normal jerseys.

Sterling can allegedly be heard on a tape leaked over the weekend urging his ex-girlfriend not to bring her black friends to games.

Sterling was not at the game.

Clippers coach Doc Rivers said prior to the game that he would remain the only one to speak for the team on the issue because players wanted to remain focused on basketball.

Miami Heat star LeBron James said NVA commissioner Adam Silver needed to take action, saying: “There is no room for Donald Sterling in our league.”

At the Trail Blazers’ playoff game against the Houston Rockets on Sunday night, Portland players all wore black socks in solidarity with the Clippers players.

The players’ union has asked former NBA All-Star and current Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to take a leading role on the players’ behalf to address the Sterling matter.

Johnson said there would be no league-wide protest or boycott but players were demanding:

nSterling not attend any NBA games for the rest of the playoffs

nA full account of past allegations of discrimination by Sterling and why the league never sanctioned him

nAssurance that the NBA and the union will be partners in the investigation

nAn immediate and decisive ruling

He said the players “trust” that commissioner Silver would do the right thing.