MEXICO CITY – In between the instances of stressing how important Mexico is to the NBA and its future, Commissioner Adam Silver repeatedly thanked the Orlando Magic on Thursday for giving up two home games so that the league could continue its quest to grow the game internationally.
The Magic are officially the ``home’’ team in the NBA Mexico City Games 2018 and are playing against the Chicago Bulls (Thursday night) and Utah Jazz (Saturday afternoon). The two games will be the 27th and 28th NBA games played in Mexico City and the eighth and ninth regular-season games played in the country of 120 million people.