Serbia knocked defending champ Spain out of the world championship Wednesday when Milos Teodosic made a long 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left for a 92-89 quarterfinal victory. Spain erased an eight-point deficit in the final 4 minutes to tie it on Marc Gasol's basket with 25 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Serbia patiently ran its offense until Teodosic -- 1 of 7 on 3-pointers at that point...

That's Linas Kleiza. You haven't seen him in the NBA in a little while, but he'll be back next...

Linas Kleiza and Lithuania had no expectations coming into basketball's world championship. Now they are thinking about a medal. First, they have to get past scoring leader Luis Scola and Argentina. The Lithuanians remained unbeaten and moved into the European-dominated quarterfinals of the tournament Tuesday by beating China 78-67.

The Raptors are projected by many to fall short of making the 2011 NBA playoffs. Even if that turns out to be the case, there'll be nothing meaningless about their final game of the regular season.

In fact, it figures to be an even tougher ticket than one in the postseason should the Raptors advance.

Chris Bosh makes two returns to Toronto as a member of the Miami Heat this season. The first will come just short of the midpoint of the season—Feb. 16. The other will be on the last night of the regular season—April 13.

Predictably, the buildup for arguably the franchise's all-time best player began almost immediately upon the announcement of the full NBA schedule last month.

"Get ready to boo Bosh" blared the headline in the Toronto Sun.

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Tickets have gone on sale for the first regular-season NBA games in Europe. The New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors will play a pair of games at the O2 Arena in London on March 4-5. The NBA is planning a week of activities across Britain, including basketball clinics and 3-on-3 competitions. Nets guard Devin Harris says "everyone involved in bringing the games to London is excited about playing...

Masai Ujiri aims to meet with Carmelo Anthony and try to sell him on the franchise’s future.