NBA to showcase two regular season games in Mexico this week

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- NBA will play two regular season games in Mexico City on Thursday and Saturday, featuring the Chicago Bulls, the Orlando Magic and the Utah Jazz.

The first game will be played between the Bulls and the Magic on Thursday and the Magic will take on the Jazz on Saturday.

These two games will mark the 27th and 28th games in Mexico since 1992, the most NBA games held in any country or region outside the United States and Canada.

In 2017, the NBA played four games in Mexico, which marked the first time the league has held four regular-season games in one country or region outside the U.S. and Canada in one calendar year.

Once the NBA Mexico City Games 2020 are done, the NBA will have played 32 games in Mexico.