This week, Paris is putting itself on American time. For the third time in its history, the NBA will relocate a regular season game in January to the City of Lights. After the clash between Milwaukee and Charlotte in 2020 then the one between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons in 2023, it is now the turn of Cleveland and Brooklyn to take to the floor of the Accor Arena this Thursday.
A high-level match between the Cavaliers, 7th in the Eastern Conference, and the Nets, 10th, which will be preceded, as in previous years, by a real show. Thus, numerous events have been organized, such as a tribute concert to the American rapper Notorious BIG or the opening of the Brooklyn Nets’ ephemeral pizzeria. The sold-out meeting will allow the French public to see stars such as Donovan Mitchell, Ben Simmons and Mikal Bridges.
The two teams arrived in Paris on Monday and took over the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, the home of the Metropolitans 92, to train, without forgetting to take the traditional photo in front of the Eiffel Tower.
In poor form, the Nets, who have won only one of their last seven games, will try to revive against a Cleveland team remaining on three consecutive successes, the last of which won last Sunday against Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs , who should in turn play a match in Paris next year.
The Cleveland Cavaliers – Brooklyn Nets kickoff will be given this Thursday, January 11 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be broadcast on BeIN Sports 1 and Canal +.
