The NBA continues barnstorming the globe with its NBA Europe Live Tour in which four teams are holding training camps in Europe for the first time and will play international games against Euroleague teams in seven cities in five countries.

The San Antonio Spurs are in France; the Philadelphia 76ers in Spain; the Phoenix Suns in Italy; and the Los Angeles Clippers in Russia. The Suns and 76ers will also play exhibition games in Germany against Euroleague finalists.

The idea is to continue to expose the NBA to basketball fans around the world and to televise international games on NBA TV. Eight games will be televised on the league’s network beginning with this afternoon’s contest at 3 p.m. between the 76ers and FC Barcelona and followed tonight at 9 p.m., by a tape-delayed version of the San Antonio Spurs versus Adecco ASVEL Lyon.

The tour also includes a number of NBA Cares community events, including the upgrading of four basketball courts in Barcelona, Rome, Lyon and Cologne and establishment of an NBA Cares Reading & Learning Center in Moscow.