Jun 14, 2024, 12:00 ET
The Association announced that Wizards and the Heat will face each other at the Mexico City Arena in November of this year
It’s official, the Washington Wizards and the Miami Heatwhere the Mexican plays Jaime Jaquez Jr., will face each other in Mexico next November 2nd at the Mexico City Arena.
This Friday the NBA announced the match he will play in the Mexico City during the next season with Washington and Miami as protagonists.
This will be the first visit for the Wizards to the Mexico Citywhile the heat will have their third presentation, in the previous two they defeated the Brooklyn Nets (101-89 on December 9, 2017) and the San Antonio Spurs (111-101 on December 17, 2022).
The only regular season game Washington Outside the United States it was on January 17, 2019 at the O2 Arena in London, England, where they dramatically beat the New York Knicks 101-100.
This season Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks visited the Arena Mexico City on November 9 in a duel that ended with a victory for Atlanta with a comeback in the fourth quarter.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. he finished in fourth place in Rookie of the Year voting with 10 votes, behind Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and Brandon Miller.
Drafted in the first round of the draft with the 18th overall pick out of UCLA, Jaime Jaquez Jr. He averaged 11.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 48.9 percent shooting from the field per game with Miami.
This season the Wizards They finished with a 15-67 record and the heat He closed the campaign with a record of 46-36.
Miami They played the Play-In and advanced to the Playoffs as the No. 8 seed after beating the Chicago Bulls 112-91, but in the first round they were eliminated by the Boston Celtics, who won the series 4-1.
This will be the fourteenth regular season game of the NBA in Mexico since his first visit on December 7, 1997 to the Palacio de los Deportes with the victory of the Houston Rockets (108-106) over the Dallas Mavericks.
Since then the Association has been in Mexico in 2014, 2015, 2017 (four times), 2018 (twice), 2019 (twice), 2022 and 2023.
In addition to Mexicothe NBA He has played regular season games in Japan, England and France.
