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TORONTO (REUTERS) - Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters crashed the NBA's opening night party on Tuesday (Oct 22) handing out thousands of black t-shirts as the Toronto Raptors prepared to begin the defence of their championship title against the New Orleans Pelicans.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TORONTO - Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters crashed the NBA's opening night party on Tuesday handing out thousands of black t-shirts as the Toronto Raptors prepared to begin the defence of their championship title against the New Orleans Pelicans.

The North reference was a play on the Toronto Raptors slogan"We the North" that is used to market the team. The NBA was plunged into controversy earlier this month after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrators in a since-deleted post that included an image captioned:"Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong."

 

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