CDMX visit lined up for Dallas Mavericks next season

Despite the NBA being immersed in international expansion, the league has confirmed that, once again, a regular season game will be staged next season at the Arena Ciudad de México for the fourth consecutive year. This tradition has been ongoing since 2014 with the COVID-19 pandemic puting the game on hold for a couple of seasons. Dallas Mavericks will be one of the participating teams for the 15th regular season game in Mexico.

The Mavs are a frequent visitor to the Mexican capital. The Texans will play their fourth official game in Mexico City, following their experiences in 1997, 2017, and 2019. In the first, they fell 108-106 to the Houston Rockets in a duel between Charles Barkley and Michael Finley at the Palacio de los Deportes.

They didn’t return until 20 years later, at the dawn of Dirk Nowitzki’s career, when he scored 18 points to defeat Devin Booker’s Phoenix Suns, who scored 39 points that night at the Arena CDMX. It took almost three years for the franchise, then led by Mark Cuban, to return to the Azcapotzalco borough; Now, with Luka Doncic in charge, the Detroit Pistons of Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin won 122-111 to the delight of the fans, who enjoyed a triple-double from the Slovenian (41+11+12).

The Mavs’ fourth appearance in Mexico could bring the first pick of the 2025 NBA Draft to Latin America with the arrival of Cooper Flagg, the 18-year-old sensation, one of the most anticipated prospects of recent times.

The Duke forward will be the most prized jewel of the Draft that will take place on June 25 at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn. The Mavericks were graced by the lottery and obtained the right to make the first overall selection, despite enjoying 1% probability, given their final record in the 2024-2025 season. Flagg has all the potential to reverse the negative impact that the controversial and surreal trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers had on the Texas franchise in February 2025.

The NBA is expected to officially confirm the news at a private event in Mexico City.

All NBA regular season games in Mexico

The NBA maintains Mexico as one of its priority markets with the momentum of staging games ‘south of the border’ interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

1. Houston Rockets 108-106 Dallas Mavericks | December 7, 1997
2. Houston Rockets 113-101 Minnesota Timberwolves | November 12, 2014
3. Boston Celtics 114-97 Sacramento Kings | December 3, 2015
4. Dallas Mavericks 113-108 Phoenix Suns | January 12, 2017
5. San Antonio Spurs 105-108 Phoenix Suns | January 14, 2017
6. Oklahoma City Thunder 95-100 Brooklyn Nets | December 7, 2017
7. Miami Heat 101-89 Brooklyn Nets | December 9, 2017
8. Chicago Bulls 91-97 Orlando Magic | December 13, 2018
9. Utah Jazz 89-96 Orlando Magic | December 15, 2018
10. Dallas Mavericks 122-111 Detroit Pistons | December 12, 2019
11. San Antonio Spurs 121-119 Phoenix Suns | December 14, 2019
12. Miami Heat 111-101 San Antonio Spurs | December 17, 2022
13. Orlando Magic 119-120 Atlanta Hawks | November 9, 2023
14. Miami Heat 118-98 Washington Wizards | November 2, 2024

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