Report: China doesn’t air NBA’s season openers in wake of Daryl Morey’s Hong Kong tweet

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Chinese state television did not air any of the NBA's opening night games on Tuesday night, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst. The NBA's streaming partner, Tencent, cut its schedule down to only include the Los Angeles Lakers-Los Angeles Clippers game, too, severely limiting options for Chinese fans to watch the first real action of the 2019-20 season. The move, in reality, is not that surprising following the seemingly never-ending conflict between the NBA and China — which stemmed from Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's seven-word tweet supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

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