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At Eurobasket, Peja's team can't deliver

By Marc J. Spears
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, September 11, 2003

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- NBA All-Star Peja Stojakovic and his teammates from Serbia & Montenegro learned a lesson Wednesday night that the Americans learned all too well just over a year ago. Namely, the rest of the world is getting the hang of this game of basketball -- so well that the kings of roundball from both ends of the globe can't just show up without their A-team any more and expect to finish with even a bronze medal, let alone a gold, hanging from their necks. Last year, the America ...

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