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International teams to play six NBA preseason games

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San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili (L) challenges Fenerbahce Ulker's Andrew Goudelock (C) and Nemanja …

(Reuters) - Three top international teams from Turkey, Israel and Brazil will visit the United States for a combined six preseason games against six National Basketball Association teams this October, the league said on Tuesday.

The games open with six-times Turkish League champion Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul taking on the Brooklyn Nets on Oct. 5 before meeting former NBA Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder on Oct. 9.

Israeli club Maccabi Haifa will face NBA teams in the United States for the fifth time in six years, starting with an Oct.