Going in-depth on the 18 times an overseas basketball team has taken down an NBA team, starting from Maccabi Tel Aviv’s triumph over the reigning NBA champions and ending with the Adelaide 36ers giving Phoenix Suns haters more material. WHY are the Washington Bullets now called the Washington Wizards? HOW do you pronounce Boniface N’Dong? ARE these NBA teams a disgrace to the red, white, and blue? Your host, Lewis, will answer those questions and more! --- An NBA history podcast about bad teams, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hosted by Lew @L0GICMASTER Please follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @backfiredNBApod Stats and box scores from Basketball Reference and NBA.com. Transaction info from prosportstransactions.com and Basketball Reference. Intro music: “How To Save A Life” by The Fray performed by Pau Gasol. Outro music: “Pretty Fly for a Rabbi (Parody of ‘Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)’ by The Offspring)” by "Weird Al" Yankovic, copyright ℗ 1999 Volcano Entertainment III, L.L.C. Sources: Al Jazeera, APBR, Bleacher Report, China Daily, ESPN, I-80 Sports Blog, Maccabi Tel Aviv, National Post, New York Times, Proballers, RealGM, Reuters, Sports Illustrated, Washington Post NBA Reddit Yugoslavia national team post: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/x6jx5y/if_yugoslavia_didnt_break_up_in_1991_here_would/