pre-season game

ORLANDO: The NBA is considering hosting a pre-season game in Mumbai next year, the league's commissioner Adam Silver has said. 

To promote the game in India, NBA in May 2017 had launched The NBA Academy, an elite basketball training center at Jaypee Greens Integrated Sports Complex in Greater Noida. NBA's initiative has been yielding desired results as 20 odd boys and girls from New Delhi and Bengaluru have represented India in the just-concluded Jr NBA World Championships that concluded here Sunday night.

Feb 19, 2018 12:02
LOS ANGELES: NBA commissioner Adam Silver has expressed the hope that India could host an NBA pre-season match in "the next few years". Silver made his comments at a press conference here Saturday prior to the 67th NBA All-Star game in which Team LeBron overcame Team Steph 148-145.