Knicks rookie guard Andy Rautins is dealing with an injured knee as he plays for Canada at the World Championships.

New York's training camp is set to open in three weeks, which could make the injury problematic if Rautins continues to play on it.

He did not play in Canada's loss to France on Tuesday.

Lithuania rallied from an 18-point second-half deficit to beat Spain 76-73 Tuesday at the basketball world championship.

Lithuania used a 23-5 run to tie the score at 66 with 5:25 left in the game.

Linas Kleiza scored four points in the last 35 seconds to clinch the win.

Iran earned its first victory ever at the World Championships, blowing most of a 24-point lead before holding on to beat Tunisia 71-58 on Monday.

Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi starred with 23 points and 13 rebounds.

Playing in the event for the first time, Iran lost to Brazil and Croatia in its opening two games.

FIBA says more than 100 random drug tests will be conducted at the world championship, its largest program ever.

Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, says 48 players, two from each team, have been tested and there will be at least 60 tests more during the tournament through Sept. 12.

Baumann says he hopes this can "banish the myth that some teams are not tested," adding that "everybody is treated exactly the same and there are no exceptions."

Kevin Durant has emerged as the clear leader of Team USA at this month's World Championships in Turkey.

"I'm just being aggressive within the offense," he said. "I may take some bad shots, but my teammates, they don't mind."

Durant has attempted shots early and shined as a facilitator against Slovenia.

Leandro Barbosa scored 21 points to lead Brazil past Tunisia 80-65 on Sunday at the world basketball championship.

The Brazilians and Americans will bring 2-0 records into their game Monday night. The winner will have an advantage in the race to become the top seed from Group B.

Kevin Durant scored a game-high 22 points as the United States topped Slovenia 99-77 on Sunday at the World Championships.

The victory moved Team USA to 2-0.

Kevin Love starred off the bench, posting 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The Americans led 23-11 after the first quarter and never looked back.

Serbia routed Angola 94-44 on Saturday at the World Championships despite being without two of their best players.

Nenad Krstic, a center for the NBA's Thunder, was suspended for three games by FIBA and guard Milos Teodosic was suspended for two for their roles in a brawl against Greece in a warmup tournament earlier this month.

Kevin Durant scored 14 points and got the United States started on a dominant second-quarter stretch in a 106-78 victory over Croatia in its opening game of the world tournament.

“People aren’t expecting us to come out here and win, so we just wanted to make a statement and I think tonight we did,” Durant said.

Eric Gordon made four 3-pointers and had 16 points to lead the Americans, who turned a close game into a blowout by limiting the Croatians to six points in the second quarter. Chauncey Billups finished with 12 points.

FIBA has rejected Greece's appeal of two player suspensions stemming from a brawl in a game against Serbia.

Patrick Baumann, FIBA's secretary general, said the punishment given to Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis will stand.

They will miss the first two games of the World Championships that open Saturday.

Baumann added that Serbia chose not to appeal the suspensions given to Nenad Krstic and Milos Teodosic.