| Game Name: | NBA Africa Game 2015 |
| Visitor: | Team World |
| Home: | Team Africa |
| Visitor Total: | 101 |
| Home Total: | 97 |
| Visitor Per1: | 17 |
| Visitor Per2: | 21 |
| Visitor Per3: | 24 |
| Visitor Per4: | 39 |
| Home Per1: | 30 |
| Home Per2: | 26 |
| Home Per3: | 22 |
| Home Per4: | 19 |
| Date: | 1 August 2015 |
| Arena: | Ellis Park Arena |
| City: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Mvp: | Luol Deng Chris Paul |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2015 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition basketball game played on 1 August 2015 in Ellis Park Arena in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the first NBA game, and the first game involving any major North American professional sports league, to take place on the continent of Africa. It was contested between Team Africa, featuring NBA players and alumni that were born in or had parents born in Africa, and Team World, featuring NBA players from the rest of the world.[1]
Team World won the exhibition game by a score of 101–97.
| Pos. | Origin | Player | width=160 | Team | |
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| F/C | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||
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| C | Golden State Warriors | ||||
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| F | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||
| C | retired NBA alumnus | ||||
| C | retired NBA alumnus[3] | ||||
| Head coach: Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs) | |||||
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| G | Los Angeles Clippers | ||||
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| G/F | Boston Celtics | ||||
| F/C | Nikola Vučević | ||||
| Head coach: Lionel Hollins (Brooklyn Nets) | |||||
San Antonio Spurs head coach, three-time NBA Coach of the Year, and five time NBA champion Gregg Popovich coached Team Africa, including his team's Boris Diaw. Mike Budenholzer, who was named Coach of the Year for the prior NBA season, and Monty Williams served as assistant coaches for the African side. Billy King, general manager for the Brooklyn Nets, held that position for Africa along with former NBA Executive of the Year and Nigerian native Masai Ujiri of the Toronto Raptors.
Team World was coached by Lionel Hollins and assistant Brad Stevens. They were managed by Spurs' general manager R. C. Buford.[4]