- 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour
The 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour was an international
basketball exhibition and competition produced jointly by theNational Basketball Association and theEuroleague . The tour featured four NBA teams training and playing matches against Euroleague teams inGermany ,Russia ,France ,Italy , andSpain . Four standalonegame s were played, along with two tournaments inMoscow andCologne . 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 inBarcelona ,Spain
*Los Angeles Clippers inMoscow ,Russia
*San Antonio Spurs inFrance
*Phoenix Suns inTreviso ,Italy In France, Italy and Spain
teamA=
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne flagicon|FRA|scoreA=90
teamB= flagicon|USASan Antonio Spurs |scoreB=115
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061005/SASLYV/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= FC Barcelona flagicon|ESP|scoreA=104
teamB= flagicon|USAPhiladelphia 76ers |scoreB=99
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061005/PHIBAR/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Lottomatica Roma flagicon|ITA|scoreA=93
teamB= flagicon|USAPhoenix Suns |scoreB=100
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061006/PHXROM/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR|scoreA=84
teamB= flagicon|USASan 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|RUSBC Khimki |scoreB=78
teamA=BC Khimki flagicon|RUS|scoreA=91
teamB= flagicon|USALos Angeles Clippers |scoreB=98
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061006/LACKHI/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=94
teamB= flagicon|USALos 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|USAPhoenix Suns |scoreB=100
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061010/PHXPHI/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Maccabi Tel Aviv flagicon|ISR|scoreA=102
teamB= flagicon|USAPhoenix Suns |scoreB=119
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20061011/TELPHX/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= CSKA Moscow flagicon|RUS|scoreA=71
teamB= flagicon|USAPhiladelphia 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|8110 October |flagicon|USAPhiladelphia 76ers |103|flagicon|USAPhoenix Suns |10011 October |flagicon|RUS CSKA Moscow|71|flagicon|USAPhiladelphia 76ers |8511 October |flagicon|ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv|102|flagicon|USAPhoenix Suns |119Trivia
* The 76ers' loss to FC Barcelona and the Clippers' loss to CSKA Moscow marked the 6th and 7th losses by
NBA franchises toEuroleague 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 anNBA team before.ee also
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List of NBA vs FIBA games
*McDonald's Championship External links
* [http://www.nba.com/europelive NBA Europe Live Tour 2006]
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