The Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers will meet in Mexico City on Nov. 7, bringing the NBA Mexico City Game 2026 to Arena CDMX. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. ET, and the game will air in the United States on NBA TV, on NBA League Pass and live in Mexico on.
The matchup gives the NBA another marquee stop in a market it has used often and now more regularly. This will be the league's 35th game in Mexico since 1992, including 16 regular-season games and 19 preseason games, and it will be the fifth straight year the NBA has staged a regular-season game there. It is also the 15th regular-season game in Mexico since 2014, plus one regular-season game in 1997.
Arena CDMX has hosted every NBA game in Mexico City since it opened in 2012, and it will do so again for a building that can already claim a familiar place in the league's international calendar. The arena is home to the Mexico City Capitanes of the NBA G League, and the game is part of a broader international showcase schedule that reaches fans in more than 200 countries and territories across television, digital media and social media.
The search interest around this game is not only about the date and venue. It also points to the possibility of a first professional meeting between Andrew Nembhard and Ryan Nembhard, brothers separated by three years and now linked to opposite sides of the same matchup. Andrew Nembhard starts at guard for the Pacers and is averaging a career-best 19 points, 6.9 assists and 39.5% shooting from 3-point range, while Ryan Nembhard is on a two-way contract with Denver, splitting time between the Nuggets and the Grand Rapids Gold.
That brother-on-brother angle comes with a caveat: both players have to be available for the game before it becomes a reunion on the floor. Ryan Nembhard has appeared in three games for the Nuggets this season after playing in 60 games a season ago, and his career numbers stand at 6.4 points and 5.0 assists per game. The sold-out event went on public sale on May 29, and special ticket packages offering premium access, VIP experiences and hospitality have also sold out, leaving the matchup to play out largely for viewers now that the seats are gone.
The NBA has folded the game into the week of Día de Muertos celebrations for the third consecutive year, with in-arena activations planned around the theme. For fans who cannot make it to Arena CDMX, the broadcast spread is wide; for everyone else, the sharper question is whether the Nembhard brothers actually share the court in Mexico City, or whether the game ends up as one of those rare occasions when the billing is as intriguing as the final box score.
