List of games played between NBA and international teams

For a list of games played between NBA and EuroLeague teams only, see NBA versus EuroLeague games.

The following is a history of the list of games played between NBA and international teams. Teams from the National Basketball Association (NBA) have played numerous basketball games against various international teams from around the world. NBA teams, from both the United States and Canada, have played many games against international clubs from various different basketball leagues, as well as against some league all-star teams and national teams.

Some of these games have been played under NBA rules, while some of them have been played under a mixture of both NBA and FIBA rules. Games played in the USA or Canada are played under NBA rules with 3 NBA refs. Since 2003, games played against EuroLeague and EuroCup teams are played under NBA rules, with either 3 NBA refs, or 2 NBA refs and one EuroLeague ref, depending on whether the games take place in USA/Canada, or in Europe.

History

One of the first basketball games between an NBA and a FIBA (international) team was held in 1978, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Maccabi Tel Aviv of the EuroLeague and Israeli League, surprisingly beat the defending NBA champion Washington Bullets, by a score of 98–97.[1]

Since then, 6 other EuroLeague teams have defeated an NBA franchise: Barcelona, Málaga and Real Madrid from the Spanish League, CSKA Moscow of the Russian Championship, Fenerbahçe Ülker from the Turkish League, and Alba Berlin from the German League.

In addition to defeating the Washington Bullets in 1978, Maccabi Tel Aviv also beat the New Jersey Nets and Phoenix Suns in 1984, in Israel, and beat the Toronto Raptors, 103–105, in Toronto in 2005. This was the first loss of an NBA team in North American soil.

The first Barcelona and CSKA wins came during the 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour, where Barcelona beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104–99, and the Moscow team won by 19 over the Los Angeles Clippers (94–75), being the widest victory so far of any international team.

During the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour, Málaga defeated Memphis Grizzlies 102–99, and Real Madrid overcame Toronto by a narrow 104–103. In 2010, Barcelona and CSKA Moscow again, beat NBA teams, by narrow margins. More recent EuroLeague victories came during the 2012 NBA Europe Live Tour, when Fenerbahçe Ülker defeated the Boston Celtics, by a score of 97–91, and Barcelona beat the Dallas Mavericks, by a score of 99–85. In 2013, CSKA beat the Minnesota Timberwolves by a score of 108–106, and in 2014, Alba Berlin beat the San Antonio Spurs by a score of 94–93. In 2016, Real Madrid beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime, by a score of 142–137.

These games were initially played as part of the now-defunct McDonald's Championship, where NBA teams always won the games. Since 2006, they are mostly played during the NBA Europe Live Tour and the EuroLeague American Tour.

In addition to that, one senior men's national team squad, the Soviet Union National Team, beat the Atlanta Hawks, by a score of 132–123, in an exhibition game in Moscow, in 1988.

NBA vs. international teams

1970s

24 August 1979
Washington Bullets United States 9682 China Bayi Rockets
29 August 1979
Washington Bullets United States 11380 China China

1980s

24 August 1984
Seattle SuperSonics United States 9487 West Germany Hagen
25 August 1984
Seattle SuperSonics United States 11995 West Germany Göttingen
31 August 1984
Seattle SuperSonics United States 111110 Switzerland Vevey
5 September 1984
Seattle SuperSonics United States 10676 West Germany Göttingen
23 October 1987
Milwaukee Bucks United States 123111 Italy Tracer Milano
25 October 1987
Milwaukee Bucks United States 127100 Soviet Union Soviet Union
25 July 1988
Atlanta Hawks United States 8584 Soviet Union Soviet Union
27 July 1988
Atlanta Hawks United States 110105 (OT) Soviet Union Soviet Union
12 October 1989
Miami Heat United States 10195 Israel Maccabi Elite
20 October 1989
Denver Nuggets United States 137103 Spain FC Barcelona
22 October 1989
Denver Nuggets United States 135129 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jugoplastika

1990s

11 October 1990
New York Knicks United States 119115 (OT) Italy Scavolini Pesaro
13 October 1990
New York Knicks United States 117101 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Pop 84
22 October 1993
Phoenix Suns United States 145115 Spain Real Madrid
23 October 1993
Phoenix Suns United States 11290 Italy Buckler Bologna
21 October 1995
Houston Rockets United States 126112 Italy Buckler Bologna
16 October 1999
San Antonio Spurs United States 10368 Brazil Vasco da Gama

2000s

18 October 2007
Orlando Magic United States 11692 China China

2010s

15 October 2014
Orlando Magic United States 10688 Brazil Flamengo

NBA champions vs EuroLeague champions

18 October 1997
Chicago Bulls United States 10478 Greece Olympiacos

Performance by team

NBA teams

Team GP W L Pct
United States Phoenix Suns 12 11 1 .917
United States San Antonio Spurs 11 10 1 .909
Canada Toronto Raptors 11 9 2 .818
United States New York Knicks 6 6 0 1.000
United States Seattle SuperSonics 6 6 0 1.000
United States Memphis Grizzlies 7 6 1 .857
United States Washington Wizards 7 6 1 .857
United States Brooklyn Nets 8 6 2 .750
United States Golden State Warriors 5 5 0 1.000
United States Los Angeles Clippers 6 5 1 .833
United States Orlando Magic 5 5 0 1.000
United States Boston Celtics 6 5 1 .833
United States Los Angeles Lakers 6 5 1 .833
United States Denver Nuggets 4 4 0 1.000
United States Houston Rockets 4 4 0 1.000
United States Cleveland Cavaliers 5 4 1 .800
United States Oklahoma City Thunder 4 4 1 .800
United States Miami Heat 3 3 0 1.000
United States Philadelphia 76ers 4 3 1 .750
United States Chicago Bulls 2 2 0 1.000
United States Milwaukee Bucks 2 2 0 1.000
United States Sacramento Kings 2 2 0 1.000
United States Atlanta Hawks 3 2 1 .667
United States Minnesota Timberwolves 3 2 1 .667
United States Detroit Pistons 1 1 0 1.000
United States Charlotte Hornets 1 1 0 1.000
United States Portland Trail Blazers 1 1 0 1.000
United States Utah Jazz 1 1 0 1.000
United States Dallas Mavericks 2 1 1 .500
Totals 140 123 17 .879

International teams

Team GP W L Pct
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 20 4 16 .200
Spain FC Barcelona 8 3 5 .375
Russia CSKA Moscow 9 3 6 .333
Turkey Fenerbahçe 5 2 3 .400
Spain Real Madrid 8 2 6 .250
Spain Málaga 1 1 0 1.000
Germany Alba Berlin 2 1 1 .500
Soviet Union Soviet Union 4 1 3 .250
Israel Maccabi Haifa 13 0 13 .000
Italy Olimpia Milano 6 0 6 .000
Italy Virtus Bologna 5 0 5 .000
Brazil Flamengo 4 0 4 .000
Turkey Anadolu Efes 3 0 3 .000
Greece Olympiacos 3 0 3 .000
Italy Varese 3 0 3 .000
Greece Panathinaikos 3 0 3 .000
Lithuania Žalgiris 3 0 3 .000
Italy Treviso 2 0 2 .000
China China 2 0 2 .000
Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 0 2 .000
Spain Joventut Badalona 2 0 2 .000
Croatia Split 2 0 2 .000
Italy Mens Sana 1871 2 0 2 .000
Serbia Partizan 2 0 2 .000
Spain Baskonia 2 0 2 .000
Italy Virtus Roma 2 0 2 .000
Germany Göttingen 2 0 2 .000
Brazil Bauru 2 0 2 .000
France ASVEL 1 0 1 .000
Germany Bayer Giants Leverkusen 1 0 1 .000
China Bayi Rockets 1 0 1 .000
Spain Bilbao 1 0 1 .000
Spain Estudiantes 1 0 1 .000
Germany Hagen 1 0 1 .000
Russia Khimki 1 0 1 .000
France Limoges 1 0 1 .000
Lithuania Lietuvos rytas 1 0 1 .000
Australia Perth Wildcats 1 0 1 .000
Philippines Philippine Basketball Association 1 0 1 .000
France Racing Paris 1 0 1 .000
Argentina San Lorenzo 1 0 1 .000
China Shanghai Sharks 1 0 1 .000
Switzerland Vevey Baskets 1 0 1 .000
Brazil Vasco da Gama 1 0 1 .000
Italy Victoria Libertas 1 0 1 .000
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 0 1 .000
Totals 140 17 123 .121

See also

References

  1. Expedientes X (I); ACB.com 31 July 2002 (Spanish)

External links

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