Manu Ginobili has won his share of big games with Argentina and at club level in Europe and the United States.
United States coach Mike Krzyzewski saluted Greece after the European giants knocked his team out of the FIBA World Championship.
Spanish basketball supremo Jose Luis Saez hailed his team of heroes after their narrow 75-74 triumph over Argentina which earned the country a place in the title game of the FIBA World Championship for the first time.
It will be the Beijing Olympics before US National Basketball Association stars have another chance to reclaim global supremacy after losing Friday to Greece at the World Basketball Championship.
Spain scraped into the final of the world basketball championship for the first time on Friday but look to have paid a devastating price in the process.
The European champions are playing for a much bigger prize. The best the United States can hope for is yet another bronze medal.
The similarities between Spain and Argentina have made their semifinal in the world championships as even as a big game can get.
Now that Dirk Nowitzki is gone, the United States is headed for a gold medal game showdown with Spain or Argentina.
Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is "struggling with my idea of what religion is."
Police questioned former NBA player Latrell Sprewell on Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault allegation.
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the Tokyo region on Thursday during halftime of the Lithuania-Turkey game in the FIBA championships.
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