Legendary Serbia coach Dusan Ivkovic launched an astonishing attack after his team finished the FIBA World Championship in fourth place.
Lithuania advanced to the semifinals of the basketball world championship for the first time, hitting nine of its first 11 three-pointers Thursday to beat Argentina 104-85 and set up a meeting with the United States.
Eric Gordon scored 21 points as the United States pulled away from Tunisia after sleepwalking through the first half, winning 92-57 on Thursday in its final game of group play at the world championship.
Charles Abouo scored 19 points to lead Cote d'Ivoire to an 88-79 win over Puerto Rico here on Thursday at the basketball world championship in group C, sending China to the knockout round on a three-team tiebreaker.
World championship favourites the US made it four wins out of four with an 88-51 victory over Iran on Wednesday while Angola booked a place in the last 16 with a stunning 92-88 overtime defeat of Germany.
The 2010 FIBA World Championship opened up here on Friday evening.
The 2010 World Basketball Championship will kick off in four Turkish cities on Saturday, the biggest basketball event held in Turkey ever.
Argentine forward Andres Nocioni will miss the FIBA world championships because of an ankle sprain injury suffered in practice, he said on Thursday.
Serbian center Nenad Krstic of the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder has been suspended for three games and fined 45,000 Swiss francs ($43,950) over last week's mass brawl at a basketball tournament in Greece.
U.S. men's basketball team beat Greece 87-59 in a friendly game held in Athens Olympic Stadium on Wednesday evening, three days ahead of the World Basketball Championship which runs from August 28 to September 12 in Turkey.