NBA Europe Live Tour

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The NBA Europe Live Tour is a series of basketball - friendly games , in which several teams from the North American professional league National Basketball Association (NBA) as part of their pre-season in Europe to train and compete against each other and against top European teams. The game series took place for the first time in 2006 and is used by the NBA to "test" audience interest in NBA basketball in Europe. It was part of the plan of the former NBA commissioner David Stern to expand the NBA into Europe. The comparisons have been part of the NBA Global Games since 2013 .

NBA teams have been playing friendly games in Europe since the 1970s. For example, the Seattle SuperSonics were guests of three German top division teams on a trip to Europe in the summer of 1984. The trip of the Atlanta Hawks to the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War in 1988 also attracted particular attention to compare them with the Soviet national team , which had played the Milwaukee Bucks in the United States a year earlier . From the second half of the 1980s, such games found their first institutional framework in the so-called McDonald's Open , which was played until 1999.

The years when the Games in Europe were part of the NBA Global Games are in italics .

2014

October 8, 2014 San Antonio Spurs 93 -  94 GermanyGermany Alba Berlin O 2 World , Berlin
October 11, 2014 San Antonio Spurs 96  - 90 TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker Ülker Sports Arena , Istanbul

2013

5th October 2013 Oklahoma City Thunder 95  - 82 TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul
October 6, 2013 Philadelphia 76ers 106  - 104 SpainSpain Bilbao Basket Bizkaia Arena , Bilbao
October 8, 2013 Oklahoma City Thunder 103  - 99 Philadelphia 76ers Manchester Arena , Manchester

2012

5th October 2012 Match report Boston Celtics 91 -  97 TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Ülker Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul
October 6, 2012 Match report Dallas Mavericks 89  - 84 GermanyGermany Alba Berlin O 2 World, Berlin
October 7, 2012 Match report Boston Celtics 105  - 75 ItalyItaly EA7 Armani Milan Mediolanum Forum , Milan
October 9, 2012 Match report Dallas Mavericks 85 -  99 SpainSpain Regal FC Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi , Barcelona

2011

In 2011 there was no tour because of a strike by the NBA teams that lasted from July 1 to December 8.

2010

October 3, 2010 Match report New York Knicks 125  - 113 ItalyItaly Olimpia Armani Milan Mediolanum Forum, Milan
4th October 2010 Match report Los Angeles Lakers 92 -  111 Minnesota Timberwolves The O 2 Arena , London
October 6, 2010 Match report New York Knicks 100 -  106 Minnesota Timberwolves Palais Omnisports , Paris
October 7, 2010 Match report Los Angeles Lakers 88 -  92 SpainSpain Regal FC Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

2009

October 6, 2009 Match report Utah Jazz 101 -  102 Chicago Bulls The O 2 Arena, London
October 8, 2009 Match report Utah Jazz 109  - 87 SpainSpain real Madrid Palacio de Deportes , Madrid

2008

October 10, 2008 Match report New Jersey Nets 100  - 98 Miami Heat Palais Omnisports, Paris
October 12, 2008 Match report New Jersey Nets 94  - 92 Miami Heat The O 2 Arena, London
October 14, 2008 Match report New Orleans Hornets 96  - 80 Washington Wizards O 2 World, Berlin
October 17, 2008 Match report New Orleans Hornets 102  - 80 Washington Wizards Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

2007

October 6, 2007 Match report Minnesota Timberwolves 84  - 81 TurkeyTurkey Efes Pilsen SK Abdi İpekçi Arena , Istanbul
October 6, 2007 Match report Toronto Raptors 85 -  89 Boston Celtics PalaLottomatica , Rome
October 7, 2007 Match report Toronto Raptors 93  - 87 ItalyItaly Lottomatica Virtus Roma PalaLottomatica, Rome
October 9, 2007 Match report Memphis grizzlies 99 -  102 SpainSpain Unicaja Málaga Palacio José María Martín Carpena , Málaga
October 10, 2007 Match report Boston Celtics 81 -  92 Minnesota Timberwolves The O 2 Arena, London
October 11, 2007 Match report Memphis grizzlies 98  - 73 SpainSpain MMT Estudiantes Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
October 11, 2007 Match report Toronto Raptors 103 -  104 SpainSpain real Madrid Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

2006

The 2006 tour took place in seven European cities in five countries.

October 5, 2006 Match report San Antonio Spurs 115  - 90 FranceFrance ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne Astroballe , Villeurbanne
October 5, 2006 Match report Philadelphia 76ers 99 -  104 SpainSpain Winterthur FC Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
October 6, 2006 Match report Phoenix Suns 100  - 93 ItalyItaly Lottomatica Virtus Rome PalaLottomatica, Rome
October 8, 2006 Match report San Antonio Spurs 97  - 84 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv Palais Omnisports, Paris

Mini tournament in Moscow :

October 5, 2006 BK Khimki RussiaRussia 78 -  94 RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow CSKA universal sports hall , Moscow
October 6, 2006 Match report BK Khimki RussiaRussia 91 -  98 Los Angeles Clippers CSKA universal sports hall, Moscow
October 7, 2006 Match report Los Angeles Clippers 75 -  94 RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow CSKA universal sports hall, Moscow

Final round in the Kölnarena in Cologne :

October 10, 2006 Philadelphia 76ers 103  - 100 Phoenix Suns Kölnarena, Cologne
First semi-final
October 10, 2006 Match report CSKA Moscow RussiaRussia 90  - 81 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv Kölnarena, Cologne
Second semi-final
October 11, 2006 Match report Phoenix Suns 119  - 105 IsraelIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv Kölnarena, Cologne
3rd place match
October 11, 2006 Match report Philadelphia 76ers 85  - 71 RussiaRussia CSKA Moscow Kölnarena, Cologne
final

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