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  •   Home > News > Sports > Basketball

    New Orleans will be the first NBA team to play in Australia when they meet Melbourne United and South East Melbourne for pre-season clashes in October

    New Orleans will be the first NBA team to play in Australia when they meet Melbourne United and South East Melbourne for pre-season clashes in October


    The historic Melbourne Park fixtures, on October 3 and 5 respectively, come nine years after NBL sides began touring the US to play NBA pre-season fixtures.

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