Rio To Host Second NBA Match In October

 Rio de Janeiro will host its second NBA exhibition match in October, local media reported on Saturday.
The NBA's managing director in Brazil, Arnon de Mello, told local daily O Globo that the teams and date will be confirmed next month.
"We already have a game guaranteed," Mello said. "We are preparing invitations and for that reason we still can't confirm who will be playing. But we can say that one of the teams will have at least one Brazilian."
In the first NBA match in South America at Rio's HSBC Arena last October, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Washington Wizards 83-81.

Brazilians currently playing in the NBA include Nene (Washington Wizards), Anderson Varejao (Cleveland Cavaliers), Tiago Splitter (San Antonio Spurs), Leandrinho (Phoenix Suns) and Vitor Faverani (Boston Celtics).