2009 EuroLeague American Tour

January 2025 2009 EuroLeague American Tour Basketball 3-20 October 2009 9 EuroLeague American Tour 2010 EuroLeague American Tour 2010 The 2009 Euroleague American Tour inaugurated a yearly basketball exhibition Tour organized by the Euroleague in the United States. The aim of the Euroleague American Tour is to expose to American basketball fans a different basketball approach than the one presented by the NBA, a lot more similar to the NCAA one. The Euroleague teams that participated in that first edition were Partizan Belgrade, Olympiacos and Maccabi Tel Aviv. On the other hand, the NBA franchises that played against them were the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns, the San Antonio Spurs, the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The NBA rules that applied to the event combined with the fact that the opponents were all top class NBA teams led to consecutive losses for the Euroleague representants. In Partizan's case, things were even worse as they competed without future All-Euroleague point guard Bo McCalebb and power forward Lawrence Roberts. The three EuroLeague teams lost all six games against their NBA opponents. Participants Continent Teams Clubs Europe 3 GRE Olympiacos SRB Partizan Belgrade ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv North America 6 USA Denver Nuggets USA New York Knicks USA Phoenix Suns USA Cleveland Cavaliers USA San Antonio Spurs USA Los Angeles Clippers Games #eee 3 October 2009 Pepsi Center, Denver USA Partizan Belgrade SER 70 USA Denver Nuggets 102 Boxscore 6 October 2009 US Airways Center, Phoenix USA Partizan Belgrade SER 80 USA Phoenix Suns 111 Boxscore 9 October 2009 AT&T Center, San Antonio USA Olympiacos GRE 89 USA San Antonio Spurs 107 Boxscore 12 October 2009 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland USA Olympiacos GRE 94 USA Cleveland Cavaliers 111 Boxscore #eee 18 October 2009 Madison Square Garden, New York USA Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 91 USA New York Knicks 106 Boxscore #eee 20 October 2009 Staples Center, Los Angeles USA Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 98 USA L.A. Clippers 108 Boxscore Stats ClubGamesRecordUSA Denver Nuggets 1 1–0USA New York Knicks 1 1–0USA Cleveland Cavaliers 1 1–0USA Los Angeles Clippers 1 1–0USA San Antonio Spurs 1 1–0USA Phoenix Suns 1 1–0GRE Olympiacos 2 0-2SRB Partizan Belgrade 2 0-2ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 0-2 Topscorer: AUS SRB Aleks Marić (35 pts - 2 games) See also 2010 Euroleague American Tour External links Official 2009 Euroleague American Tour Website Category:EuroLeague American Tour American Euroleague