According to ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst, China Central Television does not broadcast the two games of the NBA opener. In addition, Tencent, the NBA's streaming media partner, also cut the number of broadcasts and only broadcast the games between the Lakers and the Clippers.
Usually CCTV will broadcast the opener. However, on October 4 this year, Rockets general manager Morey made inappropriate remarks related to Hong Kong on twitter, which led to the rapid cooling of the relationship between the NBA and China.
In July this year, NBA and Tencent completed a five-year contract renewal of $1.5 billion. Last February, Forbes reporter Mike ozanian estimated that the value of the NBA China market exceeded $4 billion.