News from September 12. Minnesota released Greg Stiemsma. FIBA 2010 World Championship Games - Istanbul, Turkey Gold Medal Game: USA 81, Turkey 64 Kevin Durant (USA) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 7-13 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Russell Westbrook (USA) had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Lamar Odom (USA) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Hedo Turkoblu (Tuk) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova (Tuk) had 7 points including 2-9 FG and 11 rebounds. Tournament MVP: Kevin Durant (USA) Bronze Medal Game: Lithuania 99, Serbia 88 Linas Kleiza (Lit) had 33 points including 12-18 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Simas Jasaitis (Lit) had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Mantas Kalnietis (Lit) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 rebounds. Novica Velickovic (Ser) had 18 points. Marko Keselj (Ser) had 12 points including 5-6 FG. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html