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Tickets Sale Date for NBA London 2016 Announced

Tickets for the NBA regular season game in London at The O2 Arena between Orlando Magic and Toronto Raptors will go on sale on Friday 30 October at 9am, the NBA has announced.

The NBA Global Games London 2016 encounter will be the sixth regular-season game to be played in the capital in as many years with Magic and Raptors locking horns on Thursday 14 January, 2016.

Tickets for NBA Global Games London 2016 will be available at www.theo2.co.uk/nba2016.

Orlando Magic will be led by Victor Oladipo – the second overall pick from the 2013 NBA Draft – as well as rising star Tobias Harris.  They also feature Montenegrin center Nikola Vucevic, who led the team in rebounding last season; French guard Evan Fournier and Croatian rookie Mario Hezonja – who always puts on a show. This season, former Orlando Magic player Scott Skiles will make his return to the team as a head coach after a 13-year career coaching three NBA teams.

Meanwhile, Toronto Raptors are led by 2014 NBA All-Star and 2014 FIBA World Cup gold medalist DeMar DeRozan, 2015 NBA All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry, and forward DeMarre Carroll, who will make his debut as a Raptor this season following his move from Atlanta Hawks.  The Raptors also feature Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas, who competed at the recent EuroBasket, leading his country to a silver medal.  Dwane Casey, who won an NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks as an assistant coach in 2011, will enter his fifth season as the team’s head coach.

Orlando first visited London for a pair of preseason games in 1993, then led by four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal and Skiles, who served as the team’s point guard.  The Raptors played back-to-back games in London in 2011, marking the NBA’s first regular-season games in Europe.

The five previous regular-season NBA games in London – all sellouts – included the New Jersey Nets vs. the Toronto Raptors in back-to-back games (2011); the Detroit Pistons against the New York Knicks (2013); the Atlanta Hawks vs. the Brooklyn Nets (2014); and the Milwaukee Bucks against the Knicks (2015).

 For more information, fans can visit facebook.com/NBAUK and on Twitter @NBAUK.  Fans can download the NBA App for news, updates, scores, stats, schedules, videos and more.  NBA Global Games London 2016 will air live on BT Sport, the exclusive home of the NBA in the UK.

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