Jay Williams' bid to resurrect his NBA career after a serious motorcycle crash three years ago has brought him to New Jersey, where he worked out for Nets officials and has been invited to training camp.
The Indiana Pacers thought Al Harrington filled a void in their new up-tempo offense. Harrington just wanted to play for a winner — and going home seemed like the perfect move.
Chris Bosh scored 20 points, LeBron James added 17 in limited duty, and the United States coasted past Senegal 103-58 Thursday night to complete an unbeaten run through pool play at the world championships.
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.
Greece's gold medal aspirations at the FIBA World Championship were severely dented on Thursday when basketball hero Nikos Zisis was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with three broken bones in his face.
Australia hammered Qatar 93-46 to bring a halt to a three-game losing streak and keep their hopes alive for a place in the last 16 of the FIBA World Championship.
Shipeng Wang's buzzer-beating three-pointer gave China a 78-77 triumph over Slovenia in a thriller on Thursday to place the Asian Champions in the last 16 of the FIBA World Championship.
Luis Scola scored 22 points and Argentina rallied for an 83-79 win over Serbia and Montenegro to finish group play unbeaten at the basketball world championship.
Wang Shipeng's three-pointer at the whistle has put China through the group stage to reach the final 16 at the ongoing Basketball Men's World Championship in Japan.
Reigning African champions Angola collected three straight victories before losing Wednesday to Spain. Along the way, Alberto Carvalho's team has garnered loads of attention for the western African country.
Pero Cameron proved once against that experience wins big games as he knocked down four fourth quarter three-pointers in leading New Zealand to an improbable comeback victory against Japan at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
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