By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Serbia at Belgrade and Lithuania at Kaunas got their wins, against Turkey and New Zealand respectively. France, playing with 11 players, as injured Nando De Colo – who is expected to miss the upcoming World Cup – hasn’t been replaced in the roster yet, lost at home to Australia.
Playing without Teodosic and Nedovic, Serbia found a floor general at Stefan Markovic (12 p., 4 as.) who was the MVP of the final in an easy 79-64 win over Turkey, which had only one double digits scorer, Akyol with 11 points.
At Kaunas, once again the front line was the key as Jonas Valanciunas scored 19 points and Lithuania beat the always feisty New Zealand by six point (86-79) as Kirk Penney scored 26 points.
At Antibes, the game was decided in the last seconds, Nicolas Batum scored 24 points, but Australia got the 76-73 win as once again Aron Baynes had touched the double double (21 p., 9 r.).
At the last Sunday’s game, Spain tasted a easy 88-49 home win Vs Senegal with Pau Gasol leading the hosts with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.