Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday NANTERRE, France -- Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday. The Pacers know better.

"It's very possible that he'll be the face of basketball. Not just NBA basketball, but world basketball," said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.

A group of Wembanyama’s former coaches, teammates and trainers greeted him and the Spurs at Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez on Monday.

VICTOR Wembanyama returned home to be the star of the show at the NBA’s games in Paris. Wemby, 21, paid a visit to the team which helped him kick start his basketball career. He played two

Paris has long been a hotspot for basketball, with deep ties to the NBA through its rich history of French players who’ve made their mark in the sport.

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday. The Pacers know better. They will not be feeling right at home.

Homero Macedo and Sonia Rodrigues arrived a couple of hours early for the first of the NBA Paris Games between the San Antonio Spurs and the Indiana Pacers to make the most of a birthday treat over

The centerpiece of the Spurs’ trek to Paris has been Tuesday’s sojourn to Le Chesnay, where Wembanyama was on hand as the city cut the ribbon on an outdoor basketball court adjacent to the gym where he took some of his first fledgling jump shots as a kid.

The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, so other men could rape her is now caught up in other cases.

The San Antonio Spurs (20-24) fell at home to the LA Clippers (27-20) 128-116 in the organization's return to the United States after spending last week in France. San Antonio clung to a one-point lead with five minutes remaining, but the Clippers utilized a 13-0 to seize control and claim the victory.

SAN ANTONIO — Kawhi Leonard stood in his usual spot during starting lineup introductions with the LA Clippers on the road. The San Antonio Spurs’ public address announcer rattled off the names of the Clippers’ starters and got to Leonard last:

San Antonio will try to stop its five-game home losing streak when the Spurs take on Milwaukee. The teams square off Friday for the first time this season.