NEW YORK AND BEIJING - The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that NBA Global Games China 2016 presented by Master Kong will feature two preseason games in Shanghai and Beijing between the New Orleans Pelicans and Houston Rockets.
The Pelicans and Rockets will play Oct. 9 in Shanghai at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, followed by a rematch in Beijing on Oct. 12 at The LeSports Center. The 10th edition of NBA Global Games China will celebrate the Pelicans’ first visit to the country, and the Rockets’ first visit to Shanghai since their inaugural game there in 2004, when NBA Legend Yao Ming played in his hometown of Shanghai for the first time in his NBA career in front of a sold-out crowd.