One of the first basketball games between an NBA and an international team was held in 1978, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Maccabi Tel Aviv of the EuroLeague and Israeli League surprisingly beat the defending NBA champions, the Washington Bullets, by a score of 98–97.
During the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour, Málaga defeated Memphis Grizzlies 102–99, and Real Madrid overcame Toronto by a narrow 104–103.
Many of these games were initially played as part of the now-defunct McDonald's Championship, which NBA teams winn all of the editions.
The Adelaide 36ers, a team from the NBL, which is the top-tier professional league of Australia and New Zealand, beat the Phoenix Suns, by a score 134–124, in 2022.