Nuggets and Pacers Arrive in Mexico City for NBA Game

The Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers arrived at Felipe Ángeles International Airport on November 5 for their NBA Mexico City Game, scheduled for November 7 at 4 p.m. at Arena Ciudad de México. Both teams left the airport by bus for their hotels: Denver is staying in Polanco, while Indiana is based on Paseo de la Reforma.

Nikola Jokić, a three-time NBA Most Valuable Player and 2023 champion, leads Denver alongside Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon, who were also part of that title-winning team. Indiana’s leading player is Pascal Siakam. The Pacers will be without Tyrese Haliburton, who has a strain in his left hamstring.

Indiana is scheduled to practice at the arena on November 6, followed by a media session. NBA Cares will hold a basketball clinic with players from both teams and about 50 young people. Denver will then meet the media and open part of its practice to reporters.

The coaches are due to speak before the game on November 7. The matchup will be the NBA’s 35th game in Mexico since 1992. Denver is returning to the country for the first time since a 2006 preseason game in Monterrey; Indiana will play in Mexico for the first time.