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Oct 11 (Reuters) – The Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to talk to the media on Friday, a day after taking part in an exhibition recreation in Shanghai amid a furore over a tweet final week from the Houston Rockets common supervisor supporting the protests in Hong Kong.
The Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) mentioned the Lakers would take questions from the media at four p.m. (0800 GMT) and the Nets at 5:15 p.m. (0915 GMT).
The sport on Thursday night time, which the Nets gained 114-111, was well-attended and noticed little in the way in which of patriotic protest. The gang waved Chinese language flags within the enviornment earlier than the sport began, however the packed stands gave the gamers an enormous welcome on court docket and shouted enthusiastically all through the sport.
Houston Rockets common supervisor Daryl Morey tweeted final weekend in help of anti-government protests in Chinese language-ruled Hong Kong, sparking criticism from Chinese language state media. Fan occasions had been cancelled earlier within the week, and Chinese language companions minimize ties with the NBA.
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