- 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour
The 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour was a basketball exhibition tour featuring teams from the
NBA and teams from Europe's top professional leagues. The hosting countries wereEngland ,Italy ,Spain andTurkey . The NBA teams traveled to Europe to begin their training camps, and played a series of exhibition matches against the European teams, and preseason games against otherNBA teams. The games took place from October 6th to October 11th.The four
NBA teams that participated and the locations of their training camps:
*Boston Celtics ,Rome
*Toronto Raptors ,Treviso
*Memphis Grizzlies ,Málaga
*Minnesota Timberwolves ,Istanbul The European participants:
*Efes Pilsen, TBL
*Lottomatica Roma, Serie A
*Unicaja Málaga, ACB
*Estudiantes, ACB
*Real Madrid, ACBGames
teamA= Efes Pilsen flagicon|TUR|scoreA=81
teamB= flagicon|USAMinnesota Timberwolves |scoreB=84
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071006/MINEPT/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA=Boston Celtics flagicon|USA|scoreA=89
teamB= flagicon|CANToronto Raptors |scoreB=85
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071006/TORBOS/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Lottomatica Roma flagicon|ITA|scoreA=87
teamB= flagicon|CANToronto Raptors |scoreB=93
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071007/TORLRO/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Unicaja Málaga flagicon|ESP|scoreA=102
teamB= flagicon|USAMemphis Grizzlies |scoreB=99
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071009/MEMMAL/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA=Minnesota Timberwolves flagicon|USA|scoreA=81
teamB= flagicon|USABoston Celtics |scoreB=92
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071010/BOSMIN/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Estudiantes flagicon|ESP|scoreA=73
teamB= flagicon|USAMemphis Grizzlies |scoreB=98
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071011/MEMMMT/boxscore.html Boxscore]
teamA= Real Madrid flagicon|ESP|scoreA=104
teamB= flagicon|CANToronto Raptors |scoreB=103
report = [http://www.nba.com/games/20071011/TORRMA/boxscore.html Boxscore]Notes
*The participating teams were announced before
Kevin Garnett was traded from theMinnesota Timberwolves to theBoston Celtics , the meeting between his current and former team was coincidental.
*TheBoston Celtics were the only team not to play against aFIBA opponent.
*Toronto Raptors forwardsAndrea Bargnani andJorge Garbajosa played for Benetton Treviso before coming to theNBA . Jorge Garbajosa played for Unicaja Málaga as well.Trivia
* The Grizzlies' loss to Unicaja Málaga and the Raptors' loss to Real Madrid marked the 2nd and 3rd losses, out of 4 games, by
NBA franchises to ACB Spanish teams since the beginning ofNBA Europe Live Tour in 2006.
* The Grizzlies' loss to Unicaja Málaga and the Raptors' loss to Real Madrid marked the 8th and 9th losses byNBA franchises toEuroleague teams since 1978.
* Only Maccabi Tel Aviv (4 times: 1978, 1984 twice, 2005), the Soviet Union National Team (1988), FC Barcelona (2006) and CSKA Moscow (2006) had won against anNBA team before.Related links
*
List of NBA vs FIBA games
*McDonald's Championship External links
* [http://www.nba.com/europelive2007/ NBA Europe Live Tour 2007]
* [http://www.faceteamshow.com/ Face Team Acrobatic Slam Dunk Team were entertaining the NBA Europe Live Tour 2007]
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