PARIS, France — The Indiana Pacers are on their way to Milwaukee to try to finish off the Bucks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, but the team will be headed to Paris in January.
The NBA announced Monday morning that the Pacers will play a two-game series against the San Antonio Spurs for the fourth NBA Paris Games 2025 presented by Tissot.
The games will be played on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, and Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.
(NOTE: The video above is from a report on Pacers fans reacting after the team's Game 4 win against the Bucks.)
This will be the first time the NBA will play two regular-season games in the French capital in the same season.
"The Pacers enjoy tremendous support from fans globally, and we are excited about the opportunity to be a part of the NBA’s efforts to continue bringing the game to new generations of fans all around the world," said Kevin Pritchard, president of basketball operations for the Pacers.
The regular-season matchups will be the Pacers' first trip to France, second and third regular season games in Europe, and 10th and 11th internationally-played games in franchise history.
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While in Paris, the Pacers and Spurs will conduct interactive fan activities, NBA Cares community outreach initiatives and Jr. NBA youth basketball development programming.
The Pacers currently lead the Bucks 3-1 in their first series of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Tipoff for Game 5 is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, April 30 and will be broadcast on TNT.
A win on Tuesday would secure the Pacers' first playoff series win in 10 years.