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, as part of the NBA Global Games. The tour featured four NBA teams training and playing matches against European 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.

2006 NBA Europe Live Tour
SportBasketball
Duration5–11 October 2006
Number of teams10

teams

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

Games

In France, Italy and Spain

In Moscow

5 October 2006
CSKA Moscow 9478 BC Khimki
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
6 October 2006
BC Khimki 9198 Los Angeles Clippers
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
7 October 2006
CSKA Moscow 9475 Los Angeles Clippers
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow

In Cologne

10 October 2006
CSKA Moscow 9081 Maccabi Tel Aviv

The tournament was played in a Final Four system as follows:

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 October
 
 
CSKA Moscow90
 
11 October
 
Maccabi Tel Aviv81
 
CSKA Moscow71
 
10 October
 
Philadelphia 76ers85
 
Philadelphia 76ers103
 
 
Phoenix Suns100
 
Third place
 
 
11 October
 
 
Maccabi Tel Aviv102
 
 
Phoenix Suns119

Significance

The 76ers' loss to FC Barcelona and the Clippers' loss to CSKA Moscow marked the fifth and sixth losses by NBA franchises to Euroleague teams since 1978. Prior to this tournament only Maccabi Tel Aviv (4 times: 1978, 1984 twice, 2005) and the Soviet Union National Team (once in 1988) had beaten an NBA team.

See also

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