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The 2017 NBA Africa Game was an exhibition basketball game played on 5 August 2017, in the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the second NBA game to take place on the continent of Africa and the first since the NBA Africa Game 2015. The teams involved were 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.

Rosters

Team Africa Pos. Origin Player Team C  DR Congo Bismack Biyombo Orlando Magic C  Angola /  Congo Clint Capela Houston Rockets F  South Sudan Luol Deng Los Angeles Lakers F/C  Senegal Gorgui Dieng Minnesota Timberwolves C  Cameroon Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers F/C  Congo Serge Ibaka Toronto Raptors F  Cameroon Luc Mbah a Moute Houston Rockets C  Tunisia Salah Mejri Dallas Mavericks G  DR Congo Emmanuel Mudiay Denver Nuggets G  Nigeria /  Sierra Leone Victor Oladipo Indiana Pacers G/F  South Africa Thabo Sefolosha Utah Jazz G  The Gambia Dennis Schröder Atlanta Hawks Head coach:

Team World Pos. Nat. Player Team G  Brazil Leandro Barbosa Free agent G/F  U.S. Jaylen Brown Boston Celtics F  U.S. Wilson Chandler Denver Nuggets F/C  U.S. DeMarcus Cousins New Orleans Pelicans C  U.S. Andre Drummond Detroit Pistons F  U.S. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Brooklyn Nets G  U.S. Courtney Lee New York Knicks G  U.S. Kyle Lowry Toronto Raptors G  U.S. CJ McCollum Portland Trail Blazers F  Germany Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks F/C  Latvia Kristaps Porziņģis New York Knicks G  U.S. Kemba Walker Charlotte Hornets Head coach:

• CAP Deng and Sefolosha were the captains for Team Africa.
• CAP Nowitzki and Walker were the captains for Team World.
• INJ Embiid did not play because of injury.

Notes

1. Capela was born in Switzerland, but his parents are from Angola and Congo.
2. Deng holds British nationality, but he was born in what is now South Sudan.
3. Ibaka represents Spain in international competition, but he was born in the Republic of the Congo.
4. Oladipo was born in the United States, but his father was born in Sierra Leone and his mother in Nigeria.
5. Sefolosha was born in Switzerland, but his father was born in South Africa.
6. Schröder was born in Germany, but his mother was born in The Gambia.

References

1. ^ "NBA announces Africa Game rosters". Kwesé Sports. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
2. Layden, Tim (25 March 2013). "Victor Oladipo's rise from overlooked recruit to Indiana superstar". SportsIllustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013. says he was born in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, raised in the rural community of Blama (population 8,146)...
3. "NBA announces rosters for NBA Africa Game 2017". NBA. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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