NBA Paris Games 2025: "A collective effort and a total success" (Raymond Bauriaud, FFBB)

"A collective effort was made by the City of Paris, which worked very hard, and by Paris Entertainment Company (operator of the Accor Arena) to create the best possible conditions for hosting the NBA Paris Games 2025. On the FFBB side, we worked very hard, in partnership with the NBA, to make this week as smooth as possible. It's been a total success, because in the end we'll have two games instead of just one, as has been the case since 2020, and there will be
a great deal of activity from all the stakeholders in basketball," said Raymond Bauriaud, marketing and communication director for the French Basketball Federation (FFBB), to News Tank, on 20/01/2025.

As part of the NBA Paris Games 2025 Presented by Tissot, the National Basketball Association is organising two regular-season games at the Accor Arena (16,000 capacity) in Paris (12^th arrondissement) on Thursday 23 and Saturday 25/01/2025. The two games pit the San Antonio Spurs, the franchise in which Frenchman Victor Wembanyama plays, against the Indiana Pacers. These two games are the fourth and fifth organised by the NBA…