The Florida press highlighted the duel that will take place next December at the Mexico City Arena
Last June, ESPN informed about the return of the NBA to Mexico City with the match between Miami Heatan Eastern Conference finalist last season, and San Antonio Spursa commitment that some media in the United States began to echo in this regard.
There is no exact date yet as to when the NBA will reveal the calendar for the 2022-2023 season, but from June ESPN reported that the return of the burst sport to the country’s capital will be on December 17 with the aforementioned clash between Heat y Spurs.
The Texan quintet, according to South Florida Sun Sentinelwill give up a commitment as a local in its usual venue to receive the Heat at the Mexico City Arena.
The NBA will return to the south of the border after a forced break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the plan to continue with games of this league in CDMX never stopped due to the success in each of its presentations and the bridge that is generated with the Latin American fans, something to which the team led by the historic Gregg Popovich is betting a lot.
Raúl Zárraga, director of the NBA in Mexicowas positive in recent months about the commitment in question, although it has not yet been made official that they will be Heat y Spurs who will show up on this occasion.
Both teams already know what it’s like to play in the Mexico City Arena and even the Spurs they have been one of the assiduous guests to the south of the border, a market that they want to “capture”.
Regarding the protagonists of the match in Mexico, Miami Heat they reached the Final of their Conference, but lost to the Boston Celtics. For their part, the Spurs they were eliminated by the New Orleans Pelicans in the Play-In.
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