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The NBA Finals are a global event. This year, 1,800 media members were credentialed for June’s championship round while the games are being broadcast in 215 countries and territories across the world.
Basketball’s international reach is expanding yearly. One lap around the court inside Oracle Arena on NBA Finals media day supports that claim with numerous countries, languages and cultures represented by hundreds of different domestic and international outlets.
Bay Area News Group correspondent Mistah FAB took to media day to find out how big basketball is outside of the United States, who the favorites are to win in places like China, Japan and Mexico and sees how tuned in the rest of the world is to Bay Area culture.