Top Chinese broadcaster pulls NBA preseason games after Houston Rockets' GM posts pro Hong-Kong tweet

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The NBA backlash is growing in China. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV and Tencent is halting current broadcasting plans for preseason games in the country, after Houston Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey posted a pro-Hong Kong image in a now-deleted tweet. NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the controversy at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan today. Yahoo Finance's Zack Guzman and Heidi Chung break it down with Vivino Founder, Heini Zachariassen.

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