[reaperducer]

According to the 76ers, it was a venue decision

Very rarely does a venue make a decision like this. The team leases the arena for the event, the venue does what the team wants.

If "verbal confrontation" were a blanket policy of the venue, then it could never hold another rock concert, monster truck rally, or other high-energy event.

This sounds more like, "We didn't throw anyone out, our hired goons did. We're clean!"

[LocalH]

That may be. I'm just quoting the statement, not necessarily saying that I agree with their assertion.

Given the subject matter, you can bet this will be part of this rapidly growing conversation about China and Hong Kong.