laf laugh then here in america people were pissed that the n.b.a. was kowtowing to china. so yesterday, they went into damage control mode. ask things have only escalated from there. >> there's new fallout this evening in the n.b.a.'s firestorm with china. >> the n.b.a. tonight fighting back after being blasted for caving to china's communist government. comugzer adam silver, defending houston rockets g.m. daryl morey. >> we are not apologizing for darrell exercising his freedom of expression. >> shortly after adam silver, fresh backlash from the china's regime. canc lung a brooklyn nets event at a shanghai school. >> china has started pulling down signage. >> at least two retailers have pulled merchandise from their website. china state tv said it won't broadcast or stream n.b.a. pre-season games in china. >> trevor: oh, no! not the pre-season! no! ( laughter ) nobody cares about the pre-season games. fans in america are like, "cuban them here as well? can you... "yeah, the pre-season is just like the boring stuff we're forced to sit through before the main event. like, k