2006 NBA Europe Live Tour

The 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour was an international basketball exhibition and competition produced jointly by the National Basketball Association and the Euroleague. The tour featured four NBA teams training and playing matches against Euroleague teams in Germany, Russia, France, Italy, and Spain. Four standalone games were played, along with two tournaments in Moscow and Cologne. The tour took place between 5 October and 11 October 2006.

Four NBA teams went to different countries to conduct their first week of training camp overseas:
*Philadelphia 76ers in Barcelona, Spain
*Los Angeles Clippers in Moscow, Russia
*San Antonio Spurs in France
*Phoenix Suns in Treviso, Italy

In France, Italy and Spain

teamA= ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne flagicon|FRA|scoreA=90
teamB= flagicon|USA San Antonio Spurs|scoreB=115
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061005/SASLYV/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= FC Barcelona flagicon|ESP|scoreA=104
teamB= flagicon|USA Philadelphia 76ers|scoreB=99
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061005/PHIBAR/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Lottomatica Roma flagicon|ITA|scoreA=93
teamB= flagicon|USA Phoenix Suns|scoreB=100
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061006/PHXROM/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR|scoreA=84
teamB= flagicon|USA San Antonio Spurs|scoreB=97
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061008/SASTEL/boxscore.html Boxscore]

In Moscow

teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=94
teamB= flagicon|RUS BC Khimki|scoreB=78
teamA= BC Khimki flagicon|RUS|scoreA=91
teamB= flagicon|USA Los Angeles Clippers|scoreB=98
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061006/LACKHI/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=94
teamB= flagicon|USA Los Angeles Clippers|scoreB=75
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061007/LACMOS/boxscore.html Boxscore]

In Cologne

teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=90
teamB= flagicon|ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv|scoreB=81
teamA= Philadelphia 76ers flagicon|USA|scoreA=103
teamB= flagicon|USA Phoenix Suns|scoreB=100
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061010/PHXPHI/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR|scoreA=102
teamB= flagicon|USA Phoenix Suns|scoreB=119
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061011/TELPHX/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=71
teamB= flagicon|USA Philadelphia 76ers|scoreB=85
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061011/PHIMOS/boxscore.html Boxscore]

The tournament was played in a Final Four system as follows:Round4-with third
10 October|flagicon|RUS CSKA Moscow|90|flagicon|ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv|81
10 October|flagicon|USA Philadelphia 76ers|103|flagicon|USA Phoenix Suns|100
11 October|flagicon|RUS CSKA Moscow|71|flagicon|USA Philadelphia 76ers|85
11 October|flagicon|ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv|102|flagicon|USA Phoenix Suns|119

Trivia

* The 76ers' loss to FC Barcelona and the Clippers' loss to CSKA Moscow marked the 6th and 7th losses by NBA franchises to Euroleague teams since 1978.
* Only Maccabi Tel Aviv (4 times: 1978, 1984 twice, 2005) and the Soviet Union National Team (once in 1988) had won against an NBA team before.

ee also

* List of NBA vs FIBA games
* McDonald's Championship

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/europelive NBA Europe Live Tour 2006]