As China storm swirls, Nets and Lakers set to address media Friday

The National Basketball Association (NBA) said the Lakers would take questions from the media at 4 p.m. (0800 GMT) and the Nets at 5:15 p.m. (0915 GMT). The game on Thursday night, which the Nets won 114-111, was well-attended and saw little in the way of patriotic protest. Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted last weekend in support of anti-government protests in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, sparking criticism from Chinese state media.