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TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES vs. UNICAJA MALAGA
-- Grizzlies to play a game and conduct training camp in Malaga --
 PARIS, FRANCE, June 27, 2007 – Tickets for the game in Malaga between the Memphis Grizzlies and Euroleague Basketball semifinalists Unicaja Malaga on Oct. 9 as part of NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ are now on sale the NBA and Euroleague Basketball announced today.
Tickets for the game to be played at the Palacio de Deportes José Manuel Martin Carpena can be purchased on-line through the website www.masticket.com. Ticket prices range from 25€ - 55€. Scheduled tip-off time for the game is 20h00.
Spain’s most celebrated basketball player, NBA All-Star Pau Gasol will make his second appearance in the country with the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis last played in Barcelona in 2003. The Memphis Grizzlies will also hold training camp in Malaga in the first week of October.
Unicaja Malaga capped off a successful season by making their first ever Euroleague Final Four appearance finishing third, as well as qualifying for the Spanish ACB Playoffs.
NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™, will see a total of four NBA teams travel to six Europe cities in four countries. After Malaga, the Grizzlies will travel to Madrid to play a game against either MMT Estudiantes or Alta Gestion Fuenlabrada on Oct. 11. That same night, the Toronto Raptors will play against Real Madrid in a second game in Madrid. The Raptors themselves will conduct training camp in Treviso, Italy, before playing the Boston Celtics on Oct. 6 and Lottomotica Roma on Oct. 7 in Rome. The Minnesota Timberwolves will hold training camp in Istanbul before playing a game against local team Efes Pilsen on Oct. 6. The Timberwolves will then travel to London, England, where they will match up against the Boston Celtics on Oct. 10.
After the 2007 NBA Europe Live Tour, NBA teams will have played 41 games in 15 cities throughout Europe over the past two decades. The inaugural NBA Europe Live visited seven cities in five countries and drew more than 36 million viewers, 115,000 spectators, and 18 marketing partners in October 2006.
About the NBA
The NBA, founded in 1946, is a global sports and entertainment brand that features 30 teams in the United States and Canada. During the 2006-07 season, the NBA distributed 45,000 hours of programming to 215 countries and territories in 41 languages. NBA team rosters featured a record 85 international players, approximately 20% of the NBA, from 37 countries and territories at the end of the 2006-07 season
As fans witness tremendous performances on the court, some of the NBA’s most significant efforts occur off the court. NBA Cares is the league's social responsibility initiative that builds on the NBA's long tradition of addressing important social issues in the United States and around the world. Through this umbrella program, the NBA, its teams and players have committed to donating $100 million to charity, providing a million hours of hands on service to the community and creating 250 places where kids and families can live, learn or play. NBA Cares works with internationally-recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: UNICEF; the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About Euroleague Basketball
Euroleague Basketball S.L. was founded in 2000 under a private organizational model considered to be a breakthrough for European professional team sports. The competition features 24 clubs from 12 or more countries per season and crowns its champion each spring at the Euroleague Final Four, now a signature event on the world sports stage. The 2007 Euroleague Final Four generated record crowds at the OAKA arena in Athens, Greece. Euroleague Basketball has experienced spectacular growth in seven seasons to thanks annual attendance and television coverage records. Compared to the inaugural 2000-01 season, attendance has increased 250%. Euroleague Basketball's television presence expanded to 163 countries on five continents, including for the first time retransmission of the Final Four in China. Euroleague Basketball is the reference in European basketball.
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