With Rio de Janeiro hosting the Olympics, "The Brazilian Blur" wanted badly to deliver his nation's first men's basketball medal since 1964.
But despite a gutty performance over the last week and a half of preliminary play, Leandro Barbosa and his Brazil teammates have been eliminated from podium contention.
The host nation, which was without injured NBA veteran Anderson Varejao, finished Group B with a 2-3 record, including a heartbreaking double OT defeat at the hands of rival Argentina.
Brazil concluded its Rio run on Monday with an 86-69 victory over Nigeria before being officially knocked out with Spain's win over Argentina later in the afternoon.