US NBA stars beat Germany to reach world basketball semis
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Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points and the United States team of National Basketball Association stars advanced to the World Basketball Championship semi-finals Wednesday by beating Germany 85-65.
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The United States basketball team are through to the Olympic semi-finals after a 102-94 victory over Spain. The &#39;Dream Team&#39; had a one-point lead after the first-half then pulled away in the last quarter, but Spain always posed a threat.
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They missed shots, threw the ball away and got beat on defense. In the end, though, Shannon Johnson and Tina Thompson helped the Americans pull off another gold-medal victory. Johnson and Thompson gave the United States a huge lift with their second-half scoring, and the Americans beat Australia 74-63 on Saturday for their third straight Olympic basketball title.
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Dirk Nowitzki is the most dangerous player remaining in the World Basketball Championship, but the Dallas Mavericks star will have trouble lifting Germany past the Americans into the semi-finals.
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European champions Greece have proved that the US National Basketball Association players still have some work to do before they can claim they are the best in the world.
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When it came to the real crunch the NBA stars of the United States basketball team showed their mettle and progressed to the semifinals of the Olympics with a 102-94 win over unbeaten Spain.
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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.
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ATHENS, Greece - Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball, and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn't beat a better team - Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night...
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The Americans survived their toughest test yet in the world basketball championships, overcoming a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat Italy 94-85 Wednesday night. Carmelo Anthony scored 19 of his U.S.-record 35 points in the third quarter, when he played extensive minutes with fellow captains Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski was forced to scrap his two-unit rotation after an anemic offense in the second quarter.
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Australia and the United States won  their women's basketball semi-finals Friday to set up a clash  between the unbeaten teams in the Olympic gold final.
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The U.S. men's basketball team atoned for two preliminary-round losses with a big victory Thursday. The Americans wore down previously unbeaten Spain over the final minutes, pulling away for a 102-94 victory to advance to the semifinals.
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When the NBA began sending its players to the Olympics in 1992, one of the league&#39;s goals was to spread basketball around the globe. Clearly, the idea worked.
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Abby Wambach stroked home a 58th-minute  winner to give the United States a 2-1 win over Japan Friday,  setting up a semi-final showdown with world champions Germany  in the Olympic women's soccer tournament.
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The United States womenâs national team advanced to the Gold medal match with a 2-1 win over Germany at Heraklio Stadium in the semifinal on Monday.
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Dirk Nowitzki hit a basket with 12 seconds to play as Germany rallied for a 69-65 win against Slovenia at the European Championship in Madrid that gave the Germans a chance to qualify for next summerâs Olympic Games. Croatia also earned a place in a pre-Olympic qualifying tournament in July with an 86-69 win over France, which got 18 points from San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker.
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The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men's basketball bronze medal game.
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Kobe Bryant scores 27 points and the United States cruises into the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament as the No. 1 seed by beating Argentina, 91-76.