Updated: September 12, 2011, 7:38 am ET

Nowitzki, Germany to Miss 2012 Olympics

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Germany is out of the European Championship. And that means the NBA finals MVP will not be at next year’s Olympics.

Nowitzki’s poor shooting doomed his country to an 84-75 loss against Lithuania on Sunday. Germany missed out on a spot in the quarterfinals of the continental tournament and a chance to qualify for the London Games.

Germany needed to win by 11 points to advance, but never came close. Nowitzki was limited to 16 points on 4-for-17 shooting, and Lithuania made it to the knockout round.

via Nesha Starcevic of the Associated Press

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