Paris has gone mad for the first NBA regular season game ever played in the French capital, broadcast live on TV in 200 countries. The Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets faced each other in the AccorHotels Arena in Bercy, crowded in every order of seats (15,758 spectators present). The Bucks won by 116-103, driven by their superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, in a double double with 30 points and 16 rebounds (for him also 6 assists). But the show was also the authentic parade of stars in the audience, first of all the owner of the Hornets or Michael Jordan, the best basketball player of all time, who played in Paris in 1997 in the McDonald's Open won by his Chicago Bulls, and for which yesterday the Parisian public literally went crazy. And then Neymar, Mbappè, Icardi, Verratti, Marquinhos, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who with Milwaukee won a title in 1971, the judo giant Teddy Riner, 2 Olympic golds, the former basketball player Tony Parker, 4 NBA champion rings with San Antonio, and world record holder Kevin Mayer. Before the match, the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, announced that the NBA will return to the Eiffel Tower in 2021 as well.
Basketball: Antetokounmpo show in Paris, Bucks beat Hornets
2020-01-25T14:43:03.537Z
Parade of stars in the audience: Jordan, Mbappè, Neymar, Jabbar and Riner (ANSA)
