Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons (25) drives to the online as Guangzhou Loong-Lions' Yongpeng Zhang defends and Philadelphia 76ers' Tobias Harris, p
Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons (25) drives to the online as Guangzhou Loong-Lions’ Yongpeng Zhang defends and Philadelphia 76ers’ Tobias Harris, proper, watches in the course of the first half of an NBA exhibition basketball sport Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Philadelphia.
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A fan was reportedly ejected from a Philadelphia 76ers preseason sport on Tuesday after holding indicators and shouting help for Hong Kong in the course of the sport in opposition to the Guangzhou Loong Lions, a squad from China.
Sam Wachs mentioned he and his spouse had been silently holding indicators that mentioned “Free Hong Kong” in the course of the sport on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia.
“I used to be being heckled by followers of the visiting Guangzhou workforce who swore at me and repeated Chinese language authorities disinformation,” Wachs mentioned in response to a query from CNBC on his Fb web page.
The indicators had been confiscated by safety on the stadium and Wachs and his spouse had been kicked out, he mentioned.
“Bought kicked out of the Philadelphia 76ers sport in opposition to Guangzhou tonight for bringing these / chanting my help of Hong Kong,” Wachs posted on Fb on Tuesday evening. “The NBA is fairly cowardly in terms of strain from the Chinese language authorities.”
The 76ers and Wells Fargo Middle launched statements saying Wachs was eliminated after disrupting the sport for different followers and ignoring a number of warnings.
Here is the assertion from the Wells…