NBA to return to China with preseason games for first time since 2019 fallout

NBA to return to China with preseason games for first time since 2019 fallout

NBA returns to China with Nets-Suns preseason games
China hasn’t hosted games since Morey tweet in 2019

The NBA will stage two pre-season games in Macau next October, its deputy commissioner said on Friday, marking its return to China after being frozen out for more than five years.

No NBA games have been held in China since two pre-season contests in 2019 after a tweet from then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

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