Adam Silver, commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), gestures as he speaks during a news conference prior to the NBA Japan Games 2019 between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Chinas state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday that it would halt broadcasts of the National Basketball Associations games as a backlash intensified against the U.S. league over a tweet that expressed support for Hong Kongs pro-democracy protesters. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
