European champion Greece has upset the United States to advance to the finals of the World Basketball Championships in Saitama, Japan.
The Greek team edged the Americans 101-95 Friday in a semifinal match-up.
The U.S. men's national basketball team has not won a major international title in six years, despite being comprised of some of the top players in the National Basketball Association.
Greece will face the winner of Friday's other semi-final between Olympic champion Argentina and Spain in Sunday's championship game.
The United States will take on the loser of the Spain-Argentina contest in the bronze medal game Saturday.
Thursday, France edged Germany, 75-73, thanks to a buzzer-beating basket by Mickael Gelabale. Joseph Gomis hit a three-point basket for France with 20 seconds left to tie the game. Gelabale gave France the win on a layup with one-point-eight seconds left. Germany had a chance to win the game with less than one second left, but Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki stepped on the out-of-bounds line and turned the ball over.
In Thursday's other game, Turkey?s Ermal Kurtoglu scored 10 of his 24 points in overtime as Turkey rallied to beat Lithuania, 95-84. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake at the Tokyo Super Arena interrupted the game at halftime. The venue was not damaged and there was little reaction from the fans.