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Nuggets and Pacers set for NBA Mexico City Game

The regular-season matchup is scheduled for November 7 at Arena CDMX, with ESPN carrying the game in Mexico.

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The Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers are scheduled to play the NBA Mexico City Game on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The game has not been played.

Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. Central Mexico time at Arena CDMX. The NBA lists ESPN as the live broadcaster in Mexico.

A regular-season game in Mexico City

The NBA describes the matchup as a regular-season game and says it will be the league’s 35th game in Mexico since 1992: 16 regular-season games and 19 preseason games. It would be the 15th regular-season game in the country since 2014, in addition to one played in 1997.

The 2026 edition is set to be the fifth consecutive annual NBA Mexico City Game. The league says Mexico has hosted more NBA games outside the United States and Canada than any other country.

How to watch

In Mexico, the game is scheduled to air live on ESPN. In some Latin American markets, it will also be available through ESPN on Disney+, with availability varying by country. In the United States, the listed options are NBA TV and NBA League Pass.

The NBA lists the start time as 5 p.m. ET, alongside 4 p.m. in Mexico City, 5 p.m. in Colombia and Peru, 6 p.m. in Venezuela and 7 p.m. in Argentina.

Tickets and related events

According to the NBA, tickets for the game and its premium packages are sold out. A separate House of Legends experience featuring former NBA players Nenê and Danilo Gallinari is still available; it does not include entry to the game or Arena CDMX and is for guests aged 18 and older.

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The Nuggets-Pacers meeting is one of five international dates identified by the NBA for the season, alongside preseason games in Canada and China and games scheduled in Paris and Manchester in 2027.

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