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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Cory Joseph scored 28 points to lead Canada to a 91-62 victory over Brazil on Sunday at the FIBA Americas Championship basketball tournament. Dennis Schroder Jersey . The San Antonio Spurs guard added nine rebounds and four assists to help Canada improve to 2-1. "Hes got a great mix going right now of finding other guys and contributing in points by himself," said head coach Jay Triano. Brazil started strong and led 22-19 after one quarter. Canada scored 25 points in the second quarter for a 44-34 halftime lead before pulling away in the third quarter. Forward Andrew Nicholson of the Orlando Magic chipped in with 13 points. Guilherme Giovannoni led Brazil with 11 points and eight rebounds. Canada will get a day off Monday before playing Uruguay on Tuesday. "Three games in three days, I was really pleased with the energy level that we had," Triano said. "I think we matched if not had a better energy level than Brazil, who had a day off yesterday." Miami Heat centre Joel Anthony and Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson are the other NBA players on the Canadian team. Forwards Anthony Bennett, the first overall pick in the 2013 draft, and Kelly Olynyk are not available due to injury. Andrew Wiggins, expected to go first overall in 2014, is missing the tournament to prepare for his first year at Kansas. The FIBA Americas Championship is a qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. Ersan Ilyasova Jersey . JOHNS, N. Tracy Mcgrady Jersey . -- Each time the Utah Jazz threatened Memphis lead, the Grizzlies responded with defensive stops. http://www.authenticbasketballshophawks.com/taurean-prince-hawks-jersey/ . The Durban-based Sharks withstood a furious second-half fightback to beat the Queensland Reds 35-20 for a fourth straight win which gave them a five-point lead atop the championship table. The Hamilton-based Chiefs scored two late tries to beat the Cape Town-based Stormers 36-20 for their third win, after the Stormers rallied from 24-6 down to 24-20 with six minutes remaining.MIAMI -- A year ago, the Spurs-Heat matchup in the NBA Finals was considered a classic. And now, an encore awaits. For the first time since 1998, the NBA Finals is a rematch. San Antonio and Miami will decide the leagues champion for the second straight season, the Spurs earning their spot Saturday night by beating Oklahoma City 112-107 in overtime in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. Miami -- the NBAs two-time defending champion -- eliminated Indiana from the East finals Friday night, also in six games. "The two best teams will meet," Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. "Were just happy and excited that were one of the best." The Spurs and Heat split two meetings this season, both winning by comfortable margins at home. Game 1 of this years Finals is Thursday night in San Antonio. "Its unbelievable to regain that focus after that devastating loss that we had last year," San Antonios Tim Duncan said. "But were back here. Were excited about it. Weve got four more to win. Well do it this time." Its the sixth trip to the Finals for San Antonio, which won titles in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 before falling to the Heat last season in a series that had some unbelievable drama. The Spurs held a 3-2 series lead and were leeading by five points with 28. Custom Atlanta Hawks Jerseys. 2 seconds left in Game 6 at Miami, before Ray Allens 3-pointer capped a wild rally and forced overtime, where the Heat ultimately prevailed. Miami then won Game 7, 95-88. The Heat are heading to the Finals for the fourth straight season and fifth time overall, beating Dallas in 2006, losing to the Mavericks in 2011, then topping Oklahoma City in 2012 and the Spurs last season. The Spurs -- who had the leagues best regular-season record, 62-20 -- are now the eighth franchise in league history with at least six trips to the championship round, and would be just the fourth franchise with as many as five NBA titles. "We know were facing a very talented and tough team and its going to be rough," the Spurs Manu Ginobili said. "But of course, we believe in our means and were going to do our best, as always." Both teams have a multi-time Finals MVP. Duncan has won it three times for the Spurs; LeBron James has won it twice for the Heat, and will look to join only Michael Jordan and Shaquille ONeal on the list of players to receive that award in three consecutive seasons. The last Finals rematch came in 1998 when Chicago beat Utah for the last of Jordans six championships. Stitched Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Discount Jerseys China NFL Hoodies China NFL Hoodies Cheap NFL Black Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China ' ' '

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