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The article reports on the impact of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's Twitter post about the protests in Hong Kong to the team and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Topics discussed include Morey's call for freedom in Hong Kong which angered the Chinese government, Chinese sponsors' move to pause their deals with the Rockets, the plan to cancel games in China involving the Rockets. Also discussed is the NBA statement saying it was regrettable for offending Chinese fans.

The article discusses that the China Central Television, the state-run TV network, announced that it would televise an N.B.A. game for the first time since a dispute with the league began last fall after a team executive expressed support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

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