Bucks guard Brandon Jennings isn't exactly sure why he wasn't invited to try out for Team USA this summer, but he thinks his shoes might have had something to do with it.

Tyreke Evans and Stephen Curry, who along with Jennings were among the NBA's top rookies last season, were invited. Both wear Nike, Team USA's sponsor, while Jennings spots Under Armour.

"It's not my call. That's on them," Jennings said. "But if you want to get technical about it and you really want to look at it, half of the guys there are Nike guys. I'm not saying it's a Nike thing, but Nike is kind of running a lot of things right now. To have a guy like myself on the USA team that's flashy and really outgoing, you don't want Under Armour to get all that [publicity].

"I'm just telling you how it is."

Of the 12 members on Team USA's final roster, only Chauncey Billups, Derrick Rose and Eric Gordon wear shoes other than Nike.

Linas Kleiza scored 33 points to help give Lithuania a 99-88 victory over Serbia to secure the bronze medal at the World Championships on Sunday.

Kleiza scored 12 points during a 22-12 run that put Lithuania 48-38 ahead heading to halftime.

Kevin Durant scored 28 points to lead Team USA to an 81-64 victory over Turkey to win the gold medal at the World Championships in Istanbul.

It marked the American's first World Championship title since 1994.

Durant set a record at the tournament for the most points scored by a U.S. player.

Luis Scola scored 27 points as Argentina defeated Russia 73-61 on Friday in a consolation game at the World Championships.

Argentina led 58-56 with 6:11 left before Carlos Delfino and Scola combined for 13 points during a 15-5 run.

Juan Carlos Navarro led Spain to a 97-80 victory over Slovenia in the consolation round of the World Championships on Friday.

Navarro scored 26 points and Spain outscored Slovenia 33-18 in the fourth quarter.

The Spaniards can still finish fifth with another victory.

Lithuania got hot from three-point land on Thursday as they eliminated Argentina from the World Championships in Turkey.

Simas Jasaitis scored 16 points for Lithuania, who hit nine of their first 11 three-pointers and won 104-85.

Raptors forward Linas Kleiza added 17 points for Lithuania, while Carlos Delfino of the Bucks scored 25 for Argentina.

"This game tonight, there was only one team on the court: Lithuania," Argentina coach Sergio Hernandez said. "They killed Argentina with defense, they ran the floor well and shot well. We could not stop them at any time."

Team USA defeated Russia 89-79 on Thursday to further advance at the World Championships in Turkey.

Kevin Durant starred with 33 points, moving the United States to within two wins of their first world title since 1994.

"We're going to go to him," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said of Durant. "I've learned in coaching you should get your best player the ball."

The United States will play Lithuania on Saturday.

United States coach Mike Krzyzewski has launched a counterattack against Russian coach David Blatt, who said the Soviet Union was the rightful winner of the gold medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

"He's a Russian," Krzyzewski said of Blatt.

Blatt actually holds dual American and Israeli citizenship.

Team USA will play Russia Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the FIBA World Championship.

On Monday night, Blatt recalled how he cried the night the Soviet Union defeated the United States after a controversial finish in which the final three seconds were replayed three times, with the Americans losing.

Afterward, the U.S. team refused to accept their silver medals.

"You know, he coaches the Russian team, so he probably has that viewpoint, and his eyes are clearer now because there are no tears in them," Krzyzewski said. "So, it's great. Whatever he thinks, he thinks. It really has absolutely no bearing on what we're trying to do tomorrow. Absolutely none. Our bearing is how we guard [Anton] Ponkrashov at point when he comes in, how we defend [Timofey] Mozgov and [Sasha] Kaun inside, that we don't let [Sergei] Monia get shots. That's our goal, so that's what our focus will be.

"And we've addressed that that game was played 38 years ago, and five of these guys are 21. So I don't think they remember it as well. It is what it is. It'll be a negative from the way the U.S. looks at it forever, and should be. And it'll be in some ways a positive for those who believe in fairy tales," Krzyzewski said.

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, according to an Associated Press report.

Avenging a loss in last year’s European championship game, Serbia advanced to face Turkey or Slovenia in a semifinal game Saturday.

Marko Keselj and Novica Velickovic scored 17 points apiece for Serbia, while Dusko Savanovic added 15.

Raptors swingman Linas Kleiza scored 30 points on Tuesday to lead Lithuania to a 78-67 victory over China in the Worlds Championships.

China jumped out to a 16-5 lead, but Lithuania used a 16-2 run in the second quarter to go ahead 36-31 with 3:20 left in the first half.

Lithuania was one of three teams that went undefeated through the five preliminary round games.