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Sports season
2006 NBA Europe Live Tour
SportBasketball
Duration5–11 October 2006
Number of teams10
NBA Global Games seasons
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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.

Summary

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. The 76ers and the Suns also participated in the Cologne tournament won by the former against CSKA Moscow and led by coach Maurice Cheeks. Allen Iverson was the tournament's topscorer. The Clippers finished second in the Moscow tournament won by CSKA Moscow.
San Antonio Spurs played only one game, while Clippers played two and 76ers with Suns three (including the Cologne tournament).

Teams

The four NBA teams that participated and the locations of their training camps:

The European participants:

Games

In France, Italy and Spain

5 October 2006
Boxscore
ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne France 90–115 United States San Antonio Spurs
Astroballe, Villeurbanne France
5 October 2006
Boxscore
FC Barcelona Spain 104–99 United States Philadelphia 76ers
Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Spain
6 October 2006
Boxscore
Lottomatica Roma Italy 93–100 United States Phoenix Suns
PalaLottomatica, Rome Italy
8 October 2006
Boxscore
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 84–97 United States San Antonio Spurs
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris France

In Moscow (tournament)

5 October 2006
CSKA Moscow Russia 94–78 Russia BC Khimki
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Russia
6 October 2006
Boxscore
BC Khimki Russia 91–98 United States Los Angeles Clippers
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Russia
7 October 2006
Boxscore
CSKA Moscow Russia 94–75 United States Los Angeles Clippers
CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Russia

In Cologne (tournament)

10 October 2006
CSKA Moscow Russia 90–81 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Kölnarena, Cologne Germany
10 October 2006
Boxscore
Philadelphia 76ers United States 103–100 United States Phoenix Suns
Kölnarena, Cologne Germany
11 October 2006
Boxscore
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 102–119 United States Phoenix Suns
Kölnarena, Cologne Germany
11 October 2006
Boxscore
CSKA Moscow Russia 71–85 United States Philadelphia 76ers
Kölnarena, Cologne Germany

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

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

Significance

Many legendary NBA coaches led their teams in the first edition of the Europe Live Tour, such as Mike Dunleavy Sr. and Greg Popovich, while Mike D'Antoni was the only to coach both in USA and Europe. Ettore Messina was in charge of CSKA Moscow, Dusko Ivanovic of Barcelona and Jasmin Repesa of Roma. 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

Sources

External links

NBA Global Games
NBA Europe Live Tour
NBA Africa Game
Other games
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