Canada again failed to qualify for the Olympic men’s basketball tournament. Its last appearance was at the 2000 Sydney Games with a team led by Steve Nash.
A Canadian team with eight NBA players lost 103-101 to a Czech Republic team with one NBA player in the semifinals of a last-chance Olympic qualifier in Victoria, British Columbia, on Saturday.
The Czechs’ one NBA player, Tomas Satoransky, banked in a jump shot in the final seconds of overtime.
The Czechs advance to a winner-to-Tokyo final. Canada, coached by Nick Nurse of the Toronto Raptors, is eliminated from Olympic qualifying.