Nearly 10 months removed from the original official announcement, the Charlotte Hornets are finally on their way to play the Milwaukee Bucks in the first-ever regular season NBA game in Paris, France this coming Friday night.
Although this will be the franchise’s first-ever in-season game outside of North America, the Hornets have actually suited up in the City of Lights once before. Back on Oct. 18, 1994, they faced the Golden State Warriors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (same site as this year’s game, but now called the AccorHotels Arena) for a preseason contest.
Head Coach James Borrego is also familiar with area, having traveled to France for training camp in Paris and Lyon with the San Antonio Spurs in addition to taking part in a regular season game in Mexico City in Jan.