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The protesters held signs and wore masks during the pre-season Basketball Game in New York

dozens of spectators, at a US Basketball Game characters and pulled T-shirts and masks in support of the protests in Hong Kong .

the protesters gathered at the match in New York between the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors .

The Move was organised by the Film Producer Andrew Duncan , bought the 300 tickets for the activists.

It Comes amid a continuing dispute between China and the NBA about the protests in Hong Kong have rocked since March.

pictures from the pre-season Game On Friday, protesters show wearing T-shirts with "Stand With Hong Kong " and "Free Tibet".

Two other people were also wearing in the picture Winnie-the-Pooh costumes. The cartoon bear as a symbol to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping , and is banned in China.

Material from the protest was shared on Social Media .

Under The Group of Hong Kong activists, Nathan Law , the former Chairman of the Demosisto, a pro-democracy party, he co-founded with another activist Joshua Wong .

" and the NBA," said another spectator, Chen Pokong , 55, told the New York Post. "[To China] to, the freedom of speech now spread dictatorship to America. "

Local media reported that some of the protesters were ejected from The Game for singing.

Similar demonstrations took place already in other games between American and Chinese teams. Earlier this month, during The Game between the Philadelphia 76Ers and the Guangzhou Loong lion, Two People were asked to leave for the with signs in support of the Hong Kong protests.

In a game between the Loong lions, and the Washington Wizards , the local media reports that the viewers had confiscated their pro-Hong Kong -plates confiscated.

But on Friday the protest of The First to be held, while a match between two NBA teams.

The dispute between The League and the Chinese government started in the beginning of this month, after Houston Rockets manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for the protests in Hong Kong .

As a result, several Chinese companies exposed to the sponsorship and broadcasting deals with the NBA - a big financial blow to The League , the millions of followers in China.

In Hong Kong This Week , some protesters burned jerseys, the basketball star Lebron James verb in response to his comments about the demonstrations

The Rockets and the NBA quickly distanced themselves from Mr Morey's tweet, while basketball superstar Lebron James

Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai - who is also Vice-Chairman of the Chinese E-Commerce giant Alibaba has also criticized Mr. Morey for his "harmful" to tweet, says, he misjudged how strongly many Chinese over Hong Kong .

"the support of a separatist movement in a Chinese territory is one of those third-rail issues, not only for the Chinese government, but also for All Citizens in China," Mr Tsai added.

Mr. Morey has since returned to his tweet. but U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have accused the NBA to bow to Beijing .

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Source of news: bbc.com