Things are moving pretty fast. Silver came out on the side of free speech, as far as I can see, just a few hours before the fan was ejected for yelling "Free Hong Kong". It's possible that the Philadelphia officials thought they were following the league's lead even if the NBA's official stance had changed.
Someone else should probably try it. Then again, NBA tickets are expensive... maybe something to try in the fourth quarter?
It'll be interesting to see what happens at the next Laker home game. Someone raised like $40k on GoFundMe to hand out pro-HK shirts
Because those fans were causing a disruption, not because of their message.