Pau Gasol had 25 points and nine rebounds and Spain used another impressive performance to beat Lithuania 89-67. Spain (7-0) will play Argentina on Friday. Argentina (7-0) beat Turkey 83-58 in the quarterfinals.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 23 points and made a key defensive play in the closing seconds to lead Germany to a 78-77 victory over Nigeria on Sunday.

Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points and the United States took a 30-point halftime lead in beating Australia 113-73 on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championships.

Manu Ginobili took charge in the third quarter and made up for his team's 1-for-18 shooting from behind the three-point line yesterday as Argentina beat New Zealand 79-62.

Mike Krzyzewski wants his squad to play even harder after two wins at the world basketball championships. Krzyzewski essentially has divided the players into two teams, and he's asking each to go all out for 20 or so minutes.