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How NBA China’s 17 sponsors activated around the China Games

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers speaks to media following practice for the 2018 NBA China Games between the Dallas Mavericks and the Philadelphia 76ers at Universidade Center in Shenzhen, China. (Photo by Zhong Zhi/Getty Images)

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