The Mavericks and Pistons will play a regular season game in Mexico City on November 1, 2025, the NBA has announced in a press release. The game will take place at Mexico City Arena (aka Arena CDMX).
It’s the second straight year in which the NBA’s annual Mexico City game will coincide with local Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations. The Heat and Wizards played in Mexico during the 2024/25 season on Nov. 2.
The matchup between the Mavericks and Pistons will be the NBA’s 34th preseason or regular season game in Mexico since 1992. It will also be the eighth time that the Mavericks have participated in one of those contests south of the border.
The NBA has consistently played at least one regular season game in Mexico City since 2017, skipping only 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the first 2025/26 regular season game announced by the NBA that will take place outside of the U.S. or Canada, though the league previously confirmed a series of international preseason matchups for the fall. The Knicks and Sixers are competing in Abu Dhabi on October 2 and 4; the Pelicans will face teams from Australia’s National Basketball League in Melbourne on Oct. 3 and 5; and the Nets and Suns will be playing in Macao on Oct. 10 and 12.