NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Manu Ginobili hit six three-pointers on Monday night, including four in the final quarter, to lead the under-strength San Antonio Spurs past the Toronto Raptors.

The Spurs were missing injured starters Tim Duncan and French playmaker Tony Parker but with Batman in the line-up (Ginobili recently made headlines by swatting a bat to the floor in San Antonio), the Texas outfit was in good hands.

In the Spurs' 131-124 win, Ginobili finished with a game-high 36 points but wasn't happy after the contest due to his team's continued struggles on defense.

"We were talking before the season about trying to be the best team in the league defensively, and so far we're not even close," the veteran guard said.

Utah, meanwhile, got 18 points and 12 rebounds from their Turkey international Mehmet Okur in a 95-93 win at New York.

Okur, who didn't play for Turkey the past couple of years, has already declared his intention to represent his country when they host the 2010 FIBA World Championship next year while Ginobili will not make a decision on his possible appearance for Argentina, who top the FIBA World Rankings, until after the season.

Other players who may end up playing in Turkey were in action on Monday.

Team USA

• Deron Williams - The Beijing Games gold-medal winner had 16 assists to go with his five points in Utah's win.
• Carlos Boozer - The two-time Olympian scored 23 points and yanked down 14 rebounds for Utah.
• Andrew Iguodala - The Team USA hopeful finished with 24 points and nine boards for Philadelphia in their 119-115 loss to red-hot Phoenix (7-1).
• Chris Paul - The New Orleans point guard scored 24 points and dished out 10 assists in the Hornets' 112-84 triumph over the Los Angeles Clippers.
• Chris Bosh - The top defender in the USA squad at the Beijing Games had 32 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto in their setback to San Antonio.

Canada

• Andy Rautins – The sharpshooting guard of the Syracuse Orangeman failed to score but came up with four steals and five rebounds and also had five assists in his team’s 75-43 victory over the Albany Great Danes.

Russia

• Andrei Kirilenko - AK47 poured in 23 points and finished with six assists and six rebounds. He will play at the 2010 FIBA World Championship if Russia receive a wild card.

Turkey

• Hedo Turkoglu - The versatile Turkey forward had 20 points for Toronto in their defeat to San Antonio.

Spain

• Jose Calderon - Spain's starting point guard had nine assists to go with his 13 points for Toronto in their loss to the Spurs. In the first quarter, Calderon surpassed the 2,000-assist mark in his 298th NBA game. He is Toronto's all-time assist leader.

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