SHENZHEN, China -- Saturday's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets is still scheduled to be played to conclude the 2019 China Games. However, the teams involved won't be talking about it.
The Nets' 114-111 victory over the Lakers in Shanghai on Thursday was able to happen only with a stipulation by the Chinese government, mandating that no media availability of any kind be held at the game and that NBA commissioner Adam Silver cancel his pregame news conference.
The league is adopting the same policy for Saturday's game in Shenzhen.
"We have decided not to hold media availability for our teams for the remainder of our trip in China," the NBA announced in a statement Friday.
The league is making this decision independent of Chinese authorities, sources told ESPN.
The Nets' 114-111 victory over the Lakers in Shanghai on Thursday was able to happen only with a stipulation by the Chinese government, mandating that no media availability of any kind be held at the game and that NBA commissioner Adam Silver cancel his pregame news conference.
The league is adopting the same policy for Saturday's game in Shenzhen.
"We have decided not to hold media availability for our teams for the remainder of our trip in China," the NBA announced in a statement Friday.
The league is making this decision independent of Chinese authorities, sources told ESPN.