The NBA returns to Mexico City this November with a regular-season matchup that blends tradition, transformation, and star power.
The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons will face off in a 2025-26 regular-season game on Saturday, November 1, at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.
¡La NBA regresa a México! Detroit Pistons vs Dallas Mavericks 🇲🇽🏀
— NBA MÉXICO (@NBAMEX) June 11, 2025
NBA is coming back to Mexico! Detroit Pistons vs Dallas Mavericks 🇲🇽🏀
It will mark the NBA’s 34th game in Mexico — the most held in any country outside the United States and Canada. Fittingly, the showdown will fall during Día de Muertos — or ‘Day of the Dead’ — one of Mexico’s most sacred and colorful traditions.
🤩 ¡La NBA está en casa!
— NBA MÉXICO (@NBAMEX) June 11, 2025
🔥 Detroit Pistons 🆚 Dallas Mavericks en la #NBAenMéxico. 🇲🇽
📆 El 1 de noviembre la duela arde.
Detroit will make their third appearance in Mexico, riding the momentum of a historic turnaround.
After finishing with an NBA-worst 14-68 record in 2023-24, the Pistons roared back with a 44-38 campaign in 2024-25, securing the No. 6 seed in the East and ending a nine-year playoff drought.
Led by All-Star Cade Cunningham and rising star Ausar Thompson, the Pistons fell to the New York Knicks in the first round but signaled a new era of competitive basketball in the Motor City.
Dallas, on the other hand, are making their record eighth trip to Mexico with a revamped roster perhaps.
The Mavericks are expected to select Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NBA Draft later this June.
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He will join a retooled core featuring Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, and Klay Thompson—a group management hopes can return the team to title contention after the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Irving, however, remains sidelined as he continues to recover from an ACL injury and is not expected to suit up in Mexico City.
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Dallas scraped into the Play-In Tournament last season as the No. 10 seed, defeating the Sacramento Kings before falling to the Memphis Grizzlies in the battle for the final Western Conference playoff spot.
Last year’s Mexico City game saw the Miami Heat cruise to a 118-98 win over the Washington Wizards.
