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 | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 5–11 October 2006 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
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
In Cologne
The tournament was played in a Final Four system as follows:
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 10 October | ||||||
 | 90 | |||||
| 11 October | ||||||
 | 81 | |||||
| 71 | |||||
| 10 October | ||||||
 | 85 | |||||
| 103 | |||||
| 100 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 11 October | ||||||
| 102 | |||||
| 119 | |||||
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.