Serbia knocks defending champ Spain out of worlds

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Serbia knocks defending champ Spain out of worlds

Serbia knocked NFL jerseydefending 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 NFL jerseysquarterfinal victory.

Spain erased an eight-point deficit in the final 4 minutes to tie it on Marc Gasol’s(notes) NFL apparelbasket with 25 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Serbia patiently ran its offensecheap nfl jerseys until Teodosic—1 of 7 on 3-pointersnfl merchandise at that point—pulled up from straightaway, well beyond the arc.nfl merchandise

“He’s a great steelers jerseysplayer and he has a great feeling for the big shot,” Spain coach Sergiosaints jersey Scariolo said.

The Spaniards couldn’t get a final shot off, with Jorge Garbajosa(notes) losing the ball after a timeout. Serbia’s players celebrated at midcourt as Spain’s Sergio football jerseyLlull(notes) kicked the ball deep into the stands.

“I think it was a very, football jerseysvery tough game. Maybe the best one until now in Istanbul,” Serbia coach nhl jerseyDusan Ivkovic said.

Avenging a loss in last year’s European championship game, Serbia advanced to face Turkey in a semifinal game Saturday. The hosts remained unbeaten with a nhl jerseys95-68 victory over Slovenia later Wednesday.

“It’s very difficult to forget thisnhl team jersey kind of game, but we have to try to forget everything that happened tonight because in two days we will play in the semifinals,”hockey jersey Teodosic said.

Marko Keselj and nhl hockey jerseyNovica Velickovic scored 17 points apiece for Serbia, while Dusko Savanovic added 15. The Serbians were 15 of 30 from 3-point range, exploiting the zone seemingly every time Spain used it.

“We were not able to stop them on the long shots,” Spain guard Juan Carlos Navarro(notes) said. “That’s why we lost and I believe that’s why they deserved to win.”

Navarro scored 27 points and Garbajosa, the former Toronto Raptors forward who recovered jersey devilsfrom a severe leg injury, added 18.

But the Spaniards, considered the co-favorites along with the United States coming intopenguins jersey the tournament, lost for the third time in Turkey. They were without their best player, Lakers All-Star Pau Gasol(notes), then lost point guard Jose Calderon(notes) of the Raptors shortly before the tournament.blackhawks jersey

The championsmlb jersey in Japan four years ago now will be forced to qualify for the 2012 Olympics at nextmlb jerseys year’s European championship.

Teodosic,baseball jersey one of the two Serbia players suspended for a brawl in an exhibition game against url=http://www.nhl-jersey-shop.com/mlb.html]baseball jerseys[/url]Greece, finished mlb baseball jerseywith 12 points.phillies jersey Center Nenad Krstic(notes) of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the other suspended Serb, finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.cardinals jersey