NBA Africa Game 2018

NBA Africa Game 2018

Team World Team Africa 96 92
1 2 3 4 Total Team World 27 27 24 18 96 Team Africa 20 27 21 24 92
Date	4 August 2018
Venue	Sun Arena at Time Square, Pretoria, South Africa
MVP	Danilo Gallinari, Team World
Referees	Tony Brothers Derrick Stafford

The 2018 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition basketball game played on 4 August 2018 in the Sun Arena at Time Square in Pretoria, South Africa. It was the third NBA game to take place on the continent of Africa, and continued with the format of Team Africa versus Team World.

The series followed its previous format of a team of players of African origin or immediate descent against an assortment of other players, with the 2018 Team World roster consisting almost entirely of players from the United States, with one Italian. In a first for the series, each roster included one female member, each a retired alumna from the WNBA.

Team World led for the vast majority of the game, with Team Africa, led by Joel Embiid, pulling to within three points in the final minute of play. Team Africa missed several attempts at what would have been the tying three-point shot; Team World scored the clinching free throw with 5 seconds remaining.

Rosters

Team Africa

Pos.	Origin	Player	Team
F	South Sudan	Luol Deng	Los Angeles Lakers
C	Benin	Ian Mahinmi	Washington Wizards
F	Nigeria	Al-Farouq Aminu	Portland Trail Blazers
C	DR Congo	Bismack Biyombo	Charlotte Hornets
F	Mali	Cheick Diallo	New Orleans Pelicans
C	Cameroon	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers
G/F	Algeria	Evan Fournier	Orlando Magic
F/C	Congo	Serge Ibaka	Toronto Raptors
G/F	DR Congo	Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	Oklahoma City Thunder
F	Cameroon	Pascal Siakam	Toronto Raptors
C	Mozambique	Clarisse Machanguana	Retired WNBA alumna
Head coach: J. B. Bickerstaff (Memphis Grizzlies)

Team World

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Team
F/C	U.S.	John Collins	Atlanta Hawks
C	U.S.	JaVale McGee	Los Angeles Lakers
F/G	U.S.	Garrett Temple	Memphis Grizzlies
F	U.S.	Marvin Williams	Charlotte Hornets
F	U.S.	Harrison Barnes	Dallas Mavericks
F	Italy	Danilo Gallinari	Los Angeles Clippers
F	U.S.	Rudy Gay	San Antonio Spurs
F	U.S.	Khris Middleton	Milwaukee Bucks
C	U.S.	Hassan Whiteside	Miami Heat
F	U.S.	Swin Cash	Retired WNBA alumna
Head coach: Ettore Messina (San Antonio Spurs)