Despite not playing in Spain's historic victory over Greece in the final of the FIBA World Championship, Pau Gasol was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Carmelo Anthony has come out with a positive outlook on his second experience with the American national team after defeating Argentina 96-81 on Saturday.
Dirk Nowitzki had high hopes of leading Germany to the podium at the FIBA World Championship.
Pau Gasol, Spain's leading scorer and rebounder who was injured in the final minutes of a semifinal victory over Argentina, still hopes to play in the gold-medal game against Greece on Sunday night in the FIBA world championships.
The USA have reached the semi-finals of the FIBA World Championship with an 85-65 win over Germany earlier today and Shane Battier has been one of the team's key components throughout the tournament.
Dwyane Wade sized up the U.S. roster and decided how he could best make a difference: on the bench.
Wang Shipeng's buzzer-beating three lifted China win over Slovenia 78-77 in the first round of the FIBA World Basketball Championships 2006 on August 24 in Japan, sending China to the final 16.
The U.S. path to reclaiming the world championship is not so much blocked by a team as it is by a player as the Americans prepare for a quarter-final meeting with Germany and Dirk Nowitzki.
Wang Shipeng's buzzer-beating three-pointer gave China a 78-77 triumph over Slovenia in a thriller on August 24 to place the Asian Champions in the last 16 of the FIBA World Championship.
"They eight guys (including three referees) played against we five, how could we win the game, I have nothing to say now!" Team China's big man Yao Ming said.
LeBron James on Monday called on the United States to continue sacrificing individual glory for team success at the world basketball championship.
NBA All-star center Yao Ming thought China has made considerable improvement at the World Men's Basketball Championship although the Asian champions lost to the United States by 31 points on Sunday.
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