Maccabi beat Toronto 105-103 today. At Toronto too.
Obviously the NBA is vastly superiour to that Euro ball.........
Found an article to go with it
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Euroleague Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv Come Back to Defeat Raptors
October 16, 2005
TORONTO (CP) -- Anthony Parker scored 24 points, including a jump shot with less than a second remaining, to lead defending Euroleague champion Maccabi Tel-Aviv to a 105-103 exhibition victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
The victory was Maccabi's first over an NBA squad since it edged the then NBA-champion Washington Bullets 98-97 in 1978.
The visitors earned the win as Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell clearly didn't want to give this one away, keeping starters Chris Bosh, Morris Peterson and Jalen Rose in for the majority of the game.
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Charlie Villanueva had 10 points on 5-8 shooting Sunday. (Ron Turenne/NBAE/Getty Images)
Bosh had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Raptors in their annual international pre-season matchup. Rose added 18 points, while Mike James had 16 for the Raptors, who are 0-3 in the NBA pre-season.
Nikola Vujcic added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Maccabi.
After the final whistle, the Maccabi team stood at centre court and applauded the pro-Maccabi crowd of 17,281 at the Air Canada Centre.
The Raptors led the entire game until Will Solomon's three-point shot with 2:39 to play put Maccabi up 95-93, to the delight of the crowd who danced and waved Israeli flags.
Maccabi stretched its lead to four points on a jumper by Vujcic but Toronto battled back and a driving layup by Mike James tied the game 103-103 with 19 seconds left. Yaniv Green scored for Maccabi with 30 seconds to play, Mike James connected on a driving layup to tie the game, and then Parker launched his fadeaway jumper over Raptors' Morris Peterson with 0.8 seconds left to clinch the victory for Maccabi.
The afternoon was like a home game for Maccabi as the stands were full of Israel flags and yellow-and-blue Maccabi T-shirts. The crowd cheered as loudly for the visitors as it did for the Raptors during team introductions, and erupted into chants of `Ma-cca-bi' throughout the afternoon.
NBA commissioner David Stern flew in to attend the game and sat courtside with Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of the board of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd.
Considered the New York Yankees of Israeli basketball, powerhouse Maccabi has cruised to 45 of 51 Israeli titles and three of the last five Euroleague titles. But while Pini Gershon said his team is 10 or 15 years ahead of any other Israeli team in terms of management and budget, he believes the top European teams may never be on equal footing with the best of the NBA.
Maccabi heads to Orlando to play the Magic on Wednesday.
For once, the Raptors outrebounded their opponent, beating Maccabi 47-38 on the boards, but Maccabi shot 47 per cent from the floor to Toronto's 44.
Bosh scored 10 points in the opening quarter as the Raptors took a 24-20 lead over their visitors.
Parker's dunk midway through the second tied the game 39-39, but the Raptors ended the quarter on a 17-7 run to lead 56-46 at halftime.
Two free throws by former Raptor Maceo Baston cut Toronto's lead to 68-67 midway through the third quarter and the home team led 81-77 with a period left to play.
NOTES: There was a heightened security presence at the game as fans were patted down at the ticket gates. . . The United Synagogue Day School choir performed the Israeli and Canadian anthems. . . The Raptors edged Italian team Benetton 86-83 last pre-season, and defeated Panathinaikos of Greece 100-76 in 2003.
Obviously the NBA is vastly superiour to that Euro ball.........
Found an article to go with it
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Euroleague Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv Come Back to Defeat Raptors
October 16, 2005
TORONTO (CP) -- Anthony Parker scored 24 points, including a jump shot with less than a second remaining, to lead defending Euroleague champion Maccabi Tel-Aviv to a 105-103 exhibition victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
The victory was Maccabi's first over an NBA squad since it edged the then NBA-champion Washington Bullets 98-97 in 1978.
The visitors earned the win as Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell clearly didn't want to give this one away, keeping starters Chris Bosh, Morris Peterson and Jalen Rose in for the majority of the game.
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Charlie Villanueva had 10 points on 5-8 shooting Sunday. (Ron Turenne/NBAE/Getty Images)
Bosh had 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Raptors in their annual international pre-season matchup. Rose added 18 points, while Mike James had 16 for the Raptors, who are 0-3 in the NBA pre-season.
Nikola Vujcic added 21 points and 10 rebounds for Maccabi.
After the final whistle, the Maccabi team stood at centre court and applauded the pro-Maccabi crowd of 17,281 at the Air Canada Centre.
The Raptors led the entire game until Will Solomon's three-point shot with 2:39 to play put Maccabi up 95-93, to the delight of the crowd who danced and waved Israeli flags.
Maccabi stretched its lead to four points on a jumper by Vujcic but Toronto battled back and a driving layup by Mike James tied the game 103-103 with 19 seconds left. Yaniv Green scored for Maccabi with 30 seconds to play, Mike James connected on a driving layup to tie the game, and then Parker launched his fadeaway jumper over Raptors' Morris Peterson with 0.8 seconds left to clinch the victory for Maccabi.
The afternoon was like a home game for Maccabi as the stands were full of Israel flags and yellow-and-blue Maccabi T-shirts. The crowd cheered as loudly for the visitors as it did for the Raptors during team introductions, and erupted into chants of `Ma-cca-bi' throughout the afternoon.
NBA commissioner David Stern flew in to attend the game and sat courtside with Larry Tanenbaum, chairman of the board of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd.
Considered the New York Yankees of Israeli basketball, powerhouse Maccabi has cruised to 45 of 51 Israeli titles and three of the last five Euroleague titles. But while Pini Gershon said his team is 10 or 15 years ahead of any other Israeli team in terms of management and budget, he believes the top European teams may never be on equal footing with the best of the NBA.
Maccabi heads to Orlando to play the Magic on Wednesday.
For once, the Raptors outrebounded their opponent, beating Maccabi 47-38 on the boards, but Maccabi shot 47 per cent from the floor to Toronto's 44.
Bosh scored 10 points in the opening quarter as the Raptors took a 24-20 lead over their visitors.
Parker's dunk midway through the second tied the game 39-39, but the Raptors ended the quarter on a 17-7 run to lead 56-46 at halftime.
Two free throws by former Raptor Maceo Baston cut Toronto's lead to 68-67 midway through the third quarter and the home team led 81-77 with a period left to play.
NOTES: There was a heightened security presence at the game as fans were patted down at the ticket gates. . . The United Synagogue Day School choir performed the Israeli and Canadian anthems. . . The Raptors edged Italian team Benetton 86-83 last pre-season, and defeated Panathinaikos of Greece 100-76 in 2003.
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