Maccabi Defeats Raptors for Rare NBA Win

AP ^ | 10/16/5

[SmithL]

TORONTO -- Maccabi Tel Aviv beat an NBA team for the first time in 27 years, topping the Toronto Raptors 105-103 on Sunday on Anthony Parker's jumper with 0.8 seconds left.

Maccabi, the winner of 45 of 51 Israeli titles and three of the last five Euroleague championships, had lost nine straight exhibition games against NBA teams since beating the then-champion Washington Bullets in 1978.

"This is history," Maccabi center Yaniv Green said. "They are still talking about (Maccabi's win over the Bullets) and I'm sure 20 years from now, they will still be talking about this one."

Parker, who played in the NBA for Philadelphia and Orlando, had 24 points, and Nikola Vujcic added 21 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Bosh had 27 points and 12 rebounds in 45 minutes for Toronto, and Jalen Rose had 18 points in 41 minutes.

"They played this game like it was their championship game, and rightfully so," Rose said. "Those guys are hungry for NBA jobs. You don't just go to Europe because you're turning down the NBA, you're going to Europe because you want to be in the NBA so when you're standing up against a guy in front of you that's is in the NBA, you want to prove to anybody that's watching that you're NBA-worthy."

[Drillerman]

It comes no surprise to me.For a long time everyone thought black players were just better than white guys.For a long time the Black players seem to have wanted it more but now the races are equal.