The NBA will return to China after it confirmed that a pre-season game between the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets will be played in Beijing on October 11.
The teams will meet at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium, the venue for basketball matches during the Beijing Olympics.
"We are glad that the NBA pre-season game is coming to Beijing again," said Xin Lancheng of the Chinese Basketball Association. "Beijing's basketball fans can now watch an NBA game right on their doorstep."
Sun Kanglin, director of Beijing Sports Bureau, added that it was encouraging "an Olympic venue was being used for the event."
The match will be the eighth 2009 NBA pre-season game and the third time an NBA pre-season game is held in Beijing, the Chinese capital having hosted a first one in 2004 and second in 2008.
