Sports
Kawhi’s Clippers, NBA coming to town
The NBA is returning to Vancouver.
The NBA is returning to Vancouver.
And so perhaps is reigning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi
Leonard, who after guiding the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship has
signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.
The pro basketball league announced Tuesday
the seventh NBA Canada Series, presented by Bell, will feature the Clippers and
Dallas Mavericks playing a 2019 pre-season game at Rogers Arena on Thursday,
Oct. 17. Fans are encouraged to register at NBA.com/CanadaSeries for
exclusive pre-sale tickets.
“Following a historic NBA season in Canada,
we’re thrilled to return to Vancouver for the 2019-20 pre-season,” says NBA
Canada managing director Dan MacKenzie. “We’re proud to partner with Bell to
bring another tremendous match-up to Canadian basketball fans.”
Dallas will feature Toronto-native Dwight
Powell in the fifth pre-season game to be played in Vancouver. The game will
also mark the second appearance by the Clippers.
At the 2019 NBA Awards, Lou Williams of the
Clippers won the Kia NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award for the third time in his
career. And the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic was named top rookie after a season that
saw him record the third-most triple doubles, eight, by a rookie in NBA
history.
Describing Vancouver as a “very special city,”
Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle says his team looks forward to playing in front
of Vancouver’s “great fans” again.
Bell Canada vice-president, corporate
marketing, Loring Phinney says “we couldn’t be more excited to once again join
forces with the NBA to kick off the pre-season in Vancouver. As a proud NBA
partner, Bell looks forward to bringing Canadian basketball fans another
spectacular season in 2019-20.”
The 2018-19 NBA regular season set new
records in Canada for broadcast viewership, merchandise sales, national
partnerships and activations. The 2019 NBA Finals, which was the Raptors win
the first NBA title outside of the U.S., saw 56 per cent of the Canadian
population watch at least part of the six-game series.
About 250,000 Canadians have attended 13
games in five cities since NBA Canada Series tipped off in 2012.
Tickets for the Oct. 17 game will go on sale Thursday, July 25.
NBA Canada Series presented by Bell 2019
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