This is news that is likely to delight French NBA fans. January 19, 2023the Paris AccorArena will host the meeting between the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls. A regular season match, where the Parisian public will be able to admire several American basketball stars such as Demar DeRozan or Cade Cunningham, but also the young Frenchman Killian Hayesformed in Cholet and drafted by Detroit in 2020. The date on which tickets for the match between Chicago and Detroit will go on sale is still unknown.
First NBA game in Europe since 2020
The meeting between the Bulls and Detroit will be the first NBA match organized in Europe since January 2020. The last match also took place in Paris, between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Charlotte Hornets. 15,000 fans had the chance to see the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo, MVP 2019 and 2020. The Covid-19 had then prevented the North American league from returning to France for the past two years.