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.
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.
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.
Igor Rakocevic scored 26 points and Darko Milicic added 18 Wednesday as defending champion Serbia and Montenegro cruised to a 90-65 win over Venezuela at the basketball world championship.
Dirk Nowitzki shook off a poor shooting first half to finish with 25 points and Germany advanced to the second round of the FIBA world championships with an 81-63 victory over Panama on Wednesday.
Burly Pero Cameron hit for 23 points, including 21 in the second half, as New Zealand rallied past Japan 60-57 at the world basketball championship on Wednesday, keeping alive their hopes of advancing.
Playing without their coach, Lebanon's players pulled off a huge upset against France at the basketball world championship.
Pau Gasol scored 28 points to lead Spain to a 93-83 victory over Angola on Wednesday, the African champions' first loss of the basketball world championship.
Chicago Bulls forward Andres Nocioni scored 23 points Wednesday as Argentina beat Nigeria 98-64 to secure first place in Group A at the basketball world championship.
Turkey will go into the final day of Group C undefeated after a 76-69 triumph over Qatar but the Asian team earned some respect after mounting a courageous comeback.
Greece remained unbeaten on Wednesday night after surviving an impressive fightback by Brazil who suffered yet again due to abysmal free-throw shooting.
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