NBA returns to China after six-year absence following pro-democracy fallout | Basketball News

Relations between the NBA and China had soured after a pro-democracy tweet was liked by a team official in 2019.

The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns met in a sold-out preseason game in Macau on Friday as fans cheered the NBA’s return to China after a six-year absence prompted by a pro-democracy tweet.

The first of two matches in Macau capped the NBA’s bid to mend fences with China, a lucrative market where…