Tickets for Pacers-Rockets Philippine preseason game to go on sale June 16 | InterAKTV



Tickets for the NBA preseason game between the Indiana Pacers and the Houston Rockets in the Philippines in October are set to go on sale on June 16, announced the NBA and SM on Friday.

The game, dubbed NBA Global Games Philippines 2013, is part of the NBA’s comprehensive Global Games schedule and will be the first-ever preseason game in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.

Tickets for the game will be available for purchase online at the SM Tickets website (www.smtickets.com).

The Pacers, who are currently playing against the defending champion Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals, and the Rockets are both playoff teams that feature several All-Stars and rising young players on their rosters like Paul George, James Harden, Roy Hibbert and Chandler Parsons.

Houston has played outside of the US and Canada 13 times, including four games in China and two in Japan, while the Pacers have played overseas twice.

The NBA Global Games will bring eight NBA teams to play in six countries this October. The Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards are all slated to compete.

The game is also expected to be televised live over NBA TV.