2007 NBA Europe Live Tour

August 2023 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour Basketball 6–11 October 2007 9 NBA Europe Live Tour 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour 2006 2008 NBA Europe Live Tour 2008 The 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour was a basketball exhibition tour featuring teams from the NBA and teams from Europe's top professional leagues, as part of the NBA Europe Live. The hosting countries were England, Italy, Spain and Turkey. 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 other NBA teams. The games took place from October 6 to October 11 and the NBA teams prevailed 5 games to 2 over the European teams. Teams The four NBA teams that participated and the locations of their training camps: USA Boston Celtics, Rome USA Toronto Raptors, Treviso USA Memphis Grizzlies, Málaga USA Minnesota Timberwolves, Istanbul The European participants: TUR Efes Pilsen, TBL ITA Lottomatica Roma, Serie A (2nd participation) ESP Unicaja Málaga, ACB ESP Real Madrid, ACB ESP Estudiantes, ACB Games #eee 6 October 2007 Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul TUR Efes Pilsen TUR 81 USA Minnesota Timberwolves 84 Boxscore #fff 6 October 2007 PalaLottomatica, Rome ITA Boston Celtics USA 89 CAN Toronto Raptors 85 Boxscore #eee 7 October 2007 PalaLottomatica, Rome ITA Lottomatica Roma ITA 87 CAN Toronto Raptors 93 Boxscore #fff 9 October 2007 Palacio José María Martín Carpena, Málaga ESP Unicaja Málaga ESP 102 USA Memphis Grizzlies 99 Boxscore #eee 10 October 2007 The O2 Arena, London GBR Minnesota Timberwolves USA 81 USA Boston Celtics 92 Boxscore #fff 11 October 2007 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid ESP Estudiantes ESP 73 USA Memphis Grizzlies 98 Boxscore #eee 11 October 2007 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid ESP Real Madrid ESP 104 CAN Toronto Raptors 103 Boxscore Stats ClubGamesRecordUSA Boston Celtics 2 2-0ESP Real Madrid 1 1-0ESP Unicaja Málaga 1 1-0USA Memphis Grizzlies 2 1–1USA Minnesota Timberwolves 2 1–1CAN Toronto Raptors 3 1-2ESP Estudiantes 1 0-1TUR Lottomatica Roma 1 0-1ITA Efes Pilsen 1 0-1 Topscorer: ITA Andrea Bargnani (49 pts - 3 games) Notes The participating teams were announced before Kevin Garnett was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics, the meeting between his current and former team was coincidental. The Boston Celtics were the only team not to play against a FIBA opponent. Toronto Raptors forwards Andrea Bargnani and Jorge Garbajosa played for Benetton Treviso before coming to the NBA. 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 of NBA Global Games in 2006. The Grizzlies' loss to Unicaja Málaga and the Raptors' loss to Real Madrid marked the 7th and 8th losses by NBA franchises to Euroleague 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 an NBA team before. See also List of NBA versus international games McDonald's Championship External links NBA Europe Live Tour 2007 Category:NBA Global Games Europe Category:2007–08 Euroleague