As practice wound down, Mike Krzyzewski approached LeBron James, who was shooting baskets alone on a side court.
A funny thing happened in the second half of Argentina's 89-67 quarter-final win over Turkey on Tuesday night.
Dirk Nowitzki had hoped for more. Instead, the German superstar struggled to find his rhythm against Team USA and was held to 15 points in a 85-65 quarter-final loss at the FIBA World Championship.
Ermal Kurtoglu scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half and overtime period to lead Turkey to a 95-84 win over Lithuania and ensure they will finish no worse than sixth in the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Turkish Grand Prix organisers have been summoned to an extraordinary meeting in Paris to face charges of breaking the Formula One rules with a controversial podium ceremony last weekend.
Dirk Nowitzki had high hopes of leading Germany to the podium at the FIBA World Championship.
Walter Herrmann has provided a scoring boost off the bench for Argentina who yesterday reached the semi-finals of the FIBA World Championship with a 83-58 defeat of Turkey.
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.
Reaching the quarter-finals of the FIBA World Championship has been a very valuable experience for France's Yannick Bokolo.
Angola’s FIBA World Championship is over, but the national team will be flying high at the next FIBA Africa Championship.
Greece have followed up their dramatic run to the EuroBasket gold medal in 2005 to a semi-final place at the FIBA World Championship.
US stars know they must improve to beat Greece on Friday and qualify for Sunday's World Basketball Championship final, where either 2004 Olympic champion Argentina or title-hungry Spain will await.