The 2007 Eurobasket tournament, which is the European basketball championship, began September 3 in various Spain locations through September 5, and then on September 7 moved to Madrid, playing there until a champion was crowned on September 16. And InsideHoops.com praises Russia, who beat Spain 60-59 to win the 2007 Eurobasket Gold medal. Spain takes away Silver. And Lithuania beat defending champion Greece 78-69 to take Bronze, with Greece finishing 4th. Brief recaps of every single game, plus final stat leaders and more, is below.

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2007 EUROBASKET GAMES RESULTS/RECAPS


September 16

Slovenia 88, France 74 -- Fiba reports: Slovenia drained seven three-pointers during a 24-6 run to start the fourth quarter in knocking off France 88-74 to clinch seventh place at the 2007 EuroBasket as well as a berth in next summer's pre-Olympic tournament. Jaka Lakovic hit three long bombs in the big stretch on his way to 26 points, six rebounds and seven assists... Uros Slokar struck twice from long distance and converted a three-pointer in the spurt as part of his 13-point showing and Radoslav Nesterovic added 19 points, eight rebounds and two blocked shots... France star Tony Parker scored a game-high 31 points and did all he could to keep the French in the game late, scoring his team's first 10 points of the fourth period... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Slovenia, Jaka Lakovic had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Radoslav Nesterovic had 19 points and 8 rebounds. Uros Slokar had 13 points. Matjaz Smodis had 13 points and 3 assists. For France, Tony Parker had 31 points and 4 assists. Ronny Turiaf had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Joseph Gomis had 10 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. Boris Diaw went scoreless with 4 rebounds.

Germany 80, Croatia 71 -- Fiba reports: Croatia tried to ride the wave of their good performance last night, and led for almost 30 minutes, but once Germany took over the game went in one direction. Dirk Nowitzki made sure to leave EuroBasket 2007 with a sweet taste. After several human performances he once again stepped up finishing the game with 31 points on 59% from the field and 12 rebounds, in addition to four assists. Marko Banic showed his best game today for Croatia with 16 points and only two missed shots, but that wasn't enough to surrender the Germans who forced 18 turnovers on the Croatian side... Marko Popovic gave Croatia their first double-digit lead of the day early in the second quarter, and an unsportsmanlike foul by Herber halfway through the quarter didn't help Germany... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Germany, Dirk Nowitzki had 31 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists. Jan-Hendrik Jagla had 11 points and 4 rebounds. Demond Greene had 10 points and 3 rebounds. Robert Garrett had 3 points and 4 assists. For Croatia, Marko Banic had 16 points and 3 rebounds. Marko Popovic had 14 points and 2 steals. Davor Kus had 10 points. Mario Kasun had 6 rebounds. Zoran Planinic had 7 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Bronze/4th Place Game: Lithuania 78, Greece 69 -- Fiba reports: Ramunas Siskauskas continued his great form from the last games and downed a couple of three-pointers in crunch time to secure the win. This time he was joined by Ksistof Lavrinovic and Linas Kleiza who shot very well both inside and outside the arc, to make sure Greece will stay behind for the vast majority of the game... Greece, once again, had only one player with a good shooting night, and this time it was Nikos Zisis. He dropped in 23 points on 58% shooting from the field, but the total of the team was poor... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Lithuania, Ksistof Lavrinovic had 19 points on almost perfect shooting, and 3 rebounds. Linas Kleiza had 13 points and 8 rebounds. Ramunas Siskauskas had 13 points and 5 assists. Sarunas Jasikevicius had 11 points and 5 assists. For Greece, Nikolaos Zisis had 23 points. Dimosthenis Ntikoudis had 10 points and 4 rebounds. No one else on Greece scored in double digits. Dimitrios Diamantidis had 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Gold/Silver Game: Russia 60, Spain 59 - Fiba reports: J.R. Holden's jumper with 2.1 seconds left secured Russia their first-ever EuroBasket title with a thrilling 60-59 victory over reigning world champions and hosts Spain. Pau Gasol had a chance to win the game at the buzzer but his mid-range jumpshot went in and out, leaving Spain to collect their sixth European silver medal... Andrei Kirilenko collected Most Valuable Player honours for the tournament after collecting 17 points, five rebounds, two assists, one blocked shot and a steal with 59 seconds remaining. That swipe led to a basket by Nikita Morgunov to pull Russia to within 59-58 with 43 seconds to play... Spain eventually pulled away on Pau Gasol's inside basket for a 59-54 lead but Gasol missed the chance for a three-point play and Kirilenko came back down to hit two foul shots with 1:17 left to set up the last minute heroics... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Russia, Andrei Kirilenko had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Aleksey Savrasenko had 10 points. J.R. Holden had 8 points. Anton Ponkrashov had 8 points and 3 rebounds. Victor Khryapa had 7 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. For Spain, Jose Calderon had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals. Pau Gasol had 14 points on bad shooting, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, with 5 turnovers. Jorge Garbajosa had 8 points and 6 rebounds.


September 15

Classification Round 5th to 8th place:

Croatia 86, France 69 -- Fiba reports: Marko Popovic scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half as a balanced Croatia booked their spot in next summer's pre-Olympic qualifying tournament by beating France 86-69 in the 5th-8th classification round of EuroBasket 2007... Zoran Planinic also scored 15 points while Nikola Prkacin had 14 points and Marko Banic and Stanko Barac each scored 12 points for the winners, who shot 56% from the field for the game. France were led by Tony Parker's 18 points and Boris Diaw collected 11 points, five rebounds and five assists. But they shot only 41% from the field and forced Croatia into only nine turnovers... The French got as close as nine points with three minutes left. But Croatia went on a 6-0 run to re-establish a 15-point lead - 79-64 - and put the game to rest... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Croatia, Marko Popovic had 15 points on five three-pointers. Zoran Planinic had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Nikola Prkácin had 14 points. Marko Banic had 12 points and 4 rebounds. Stanko Barac had 12 points and 7 rebounds. For France, Tony Parker had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Boris Diaw had 11 points and 5 assists. Florent Pietrus had 10 points. Tariq Kirksay had 9 points and 6 rebounds.

Germany 69, Slovenia 65 -- Fiba reports: Germany deleted a 60-51 Slovenian lead in the last 5:16 behind an 18-5 run led by Dirk Nowitzki who made 10 of his team's last 12 points and finished the game with 28 points and 10 rebounds... Slovenia missed open shots early in the fourth, and waited more than three and a half minutes before scoring their first fourth quarter points... Germany once again stepped up their defense and with three hits from long range by Demond Greene, Ademole Okulaja and Nowitzki tied the game at 62-62 with 1:56 on the clock... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Germany, Dirk Nowitzki had 28 points and 10 rebounds. Demond Greene had 16 points. Ademola Okulaja had 7 points and 8 rebounds. Steffen Hamann had 6 points and 4 assists. For Slovenia, Jaka Lakovic had 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals. Matjaz Smodis had 16 points and 4 rebounds. Radoslav Nesterovic had 13 points and 9 rebounds.

Semi-Finals:

Spain 82, Greece 77 -- Fiba reports: A new EuroBasket champion will be crowned in Madrid after reigning world title-holders and hosts Spain dethroned Greece 82-77 in the semi-finals of the 2007 EuroBasket thanks to sterling performances by the Spanish trio of Juan Carlos Navarro, Pau Gasol and Jose Manuel Calderon... The trio combined for 64 points and Calderon's three-pointer and break-away lay-up started and finished a crucial 9-1 run which turned a 67-65 Greece lead into a 74-68 advantage for the Iberians, who advanced to their sixth European final while still waiting for their first continental crown... After proving the hero in Greece's miracle comeback against Slovenia, Theo Papaloukas struggled again with just three points, two rebounds and two assists... Tempers flared at the end of the third period on a final driving lay-up by Navarro, which the refs ruled was not a foul... Zisis's three-pointer with 19 seconds brought Greece to within 78-76, but Garbajosa and Navarro sandwiched two foul shots around a Papaloukas turnover for an 82-76 scoreline... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Spain, Pau Gasol had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Juan Carlos Navarro had 23 points and 4 rebounds. Jose Calderon had 18 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jorge Garbajosa had 6 points and 4 assists. For Greece, Vasileios Spanoulis had 24 points and 5 assists. Panagiotis Vasilopoulos had 10 points. No one else on Greece scored in double digits. Dimitrios Diamantidis had 9 rebounds.

Russia 86, Lithuania 74 -- Fiba reports: Russia shocked favorites Lithuania on Saturday night in the Palacio de Deportes as David Blatt led a brilliant group who took control of the game from the tip and never trailed, but on top of it showed great character... Andrei Kirilenko, in an amazing individual performance of 29 points and eight rebounds, carried his team to a big win, and didn't allow anybody to take this win from his team... Ramunas Siskauskas was the only one who stepped up for Lithuania. He scored 30 points, including five shots from long range, which cut into Russia's lead time after time, but couldn't secure the win alone... Russia took advantage of that to jump out to an 18-3 lead... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Russia, Andrei Kirilenko had 29 points and 8 rebounds. Victor Khryapa had 4 assists. For Lithuania, Ramunas Siskauskas had 30 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. Rimantas Kaukenas had 12 points.Simas Jasaitis had 9 points and 5 rebounds. Darius Songaila had 8 points and 6 rebounds.

September 14

Lithuania 74, Croatia 72 -- Fiba reports: Zoran Planinic missed two foul shots with 1.02 seconds remaining, allowing Lithuania to hold off a motivated Croatia 74-72 and book their spot in Saturday's semi-finals against Russia. Darius Songalia scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and gave Lithuania the winning basket with 46 seconds left. Linas Kleiza collected 19 points and nine rebounds and Sarunas Jasikevicius dished out eight assists as Lithuania remained the only perfect team in the competition... Croatia, who will play France in the 5th-8th classification games, shot themselves in the foot, making just eight of 19 foul shots (42%) while holding Lithuania to 40% shooting (23-of-58) for the game... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Lithuania, Darius Songaila had 20 points and 7 rebounds. Linas Kleiza had 19 points and 9 rebounds. R.Kaukenas had 8 points. Sarunas Jasikevicius had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, though also 5 turnovers. For Croatia, Zoran Planinic had 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals. M.Popovic had 12 points. M.tomas had 10 points. Stanko Barac had 6 points and 6 rebounds.

Greece 63, Slovenia 62 -- Fiba reports: Theo Papaloukas's driving lay-up with 6.7 seconds remaining completed a furious 14-1 flurry to the finish as Greece overcame a 12-point deficit in the final 2:30 to knock off Slovenia 63-62 and live on for another chance to defend their EuroBasket title. Papaloukas added yet another chapter to his superstar and legendary status with 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, setting up another showdown with world champions and hosts Spain in Saturday's semi-finals... Lazaros Papadopoulos added 10 points for the reigning champs, who forced Slovenia into four turnovers and two missed three-pointers in the final 2:30. Jaka Lakovic had 14 points, five rebounds and three assists but his potential game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer fell well short of its target... Domen Lorbek stepped up for his team but missed a three-pointer with 16 seconds remaining to give Greece a final chance to finish the run and Papaloukas proved once again why he's widely considered the best player in Europe, cutting into the heart of the Slovenian defense for the winner... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Greece, Theodoros Papaloukas had 17 points. Lazaros Papadopoulos had 10 points and 3 rebounds. No other Greece players scored in double figures. Dimitrios Diamantidis had 6 rebounds and 3 assists, plus 2 steals. For Slovenia, Radoslav Nesterovic had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Jaka Lakovic had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Matjaz Smodis had 10 points, 3 assists but 5 turnovers. Domen Lorbek and Goran Dragic each had 3 assists.

September 13

Russia 75, France 71 -- Fiba reports: Russia made more of their free-throw attempts down the stretch than France did and that proved the difference as David Blatt’s men won 75-71 to reach their first EuroBasket semi-final in 10 years. With the game tied at 69-69, J.R. Holden hit both his shots from the line to edge his team ahead 71-69 with 24 seconds left to play. Nine seconds later, France’s Boris Diaw – who once had an 0 for 11 performance from the foul line against Slovenia in this event two years ago – blew his chance to tie the score when he missed both attempts from the charity stripe... Les Bleus were an abysmal nine of 20 from the free-throw line (45%) while Russia were only marginally better hitting nine of their 17 attempts (53%). Khryapa had a team-high 16 points for Russia with Holden adding 15 and Morgunov chipping in with 14 off the bench. Diaw had a game-high 17 points and Parker was France’s only other player to score in double figures with 15 points... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: Victor Khryapa had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Boris Diaw had 17 points. Ronny Turiaf grabbed 7 rebounds. Tony Parker had 3 assists.

Spain 83, Germany 55 -- Fiba reports: Rudy Fernandez and Juan Carlos Navarro both added 12 points for the superb Spain attack, shooting 57% and the Spanish defense held Dirk Nowitzki to 11 points and the German offense to 33% shooting in their quarter-final showdown in Madrid's Palacio de Deportes... Navarro, however, answered with back-to-back three-pointers and Calderon scored nine of Spain's final 14 points in the half as they went on a 9-0 run to lead 40-27 at the break. Spain already led 52-36 midway through the third period but used a 12-2 spurt to blow the game open for good with a 64-38 cushion... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: Jose Calderon had 17 points. Carlos Jimenez, Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol each had 5 rebounds. For Germany, Dirk Nowitzki had just 11 points, Jan-Hendrik Jagla had 7 rebounds, and Steffen Hamann dished 6 assists.

September 12

Germany 67, Italy 58 -- Fiba reports: Italy held Dirk Nowitzki in check but couldn't have expected Johannes Herber to score 10 of his 15 points in the third quarter and lead Germany to a 67-58 victory as the 2005 silver medallists advanced to the 2007 EuroBasket quarter-finals. Nowitzki had just 15 points - well under his average of 26 points - and 10 rebounds, but Germany received plenty of support from their bench players, who tallied 29 points... Jan Jagla came on to collect five points and 10 rebounds while Steffen Hamann had 10 points... Germany's lead was back down to 54-52 when Herber came up big again with his third long bomb of the night for a 57-52 advantage. Italy tried to come back in the final minute but Nowitzki hit two foul shots with 33 seconds left and Pascall Roller drained four free throws in the final 16 seconds... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Germany, Dirk Nowitzki had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on bad shooting. Johannes Herber had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Jan-Hendrik Jagla had 10 rebounds. For Italy, Marco Belinelli had 25 points. Andrea Bargnani had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Denis Marconato and Angelo Gigli each had 6 rebounds. And Massimo Bulleri dished 3 assists. Both teams shot badly from two and three-point range.

France 85, Turkey 64 -- Fiba reports: Boris Diaw broke out of a recent slump to record a tournament high 18 points as France (3-2) beat Turkey (0-5) 85-64 in their final game of the qualifying round... The game was close for the better part of the first two quarters before France used an 8-0 run in the closing minutes of the first half to take a 43-35 lead at the break. Little used back-up center Pape Badiane scored five of his 12 points in the spurt as Les Bleus went ahead 36-35 and never relinquished the lead... France extended their lead to 56-46 by the end of the third quarter and Diaw scored 10 of his team-high 18 points to end Turkey’s hopes of a late comeback, despite a three-point barrage by team captain Ibrahim Kutluay and some fine play down low by Kaya Peker... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For France, Boris Diaw had 18 points and 5 rebounds, but no assists and some turnovers. T.Kirksay had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals. P.Badlane had 12 points and 5 rebounds. Y.Diawara had 10 points. Frederic Weis had 6 points and 6 rebounds. For Turkey, Kaya Peker had 19 points and 4 rebounds. No one else on Turkey scored double-digit points. Hedo Turkoglu had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Mehmet Okur had just 5 points and 6 rebounds. Ender Arslan had 4 assists.

Lithuania 80, Slovenia 61 -- Slovenia was unable to withstand great outside shooting from Lithuania, who nailed 11-of-20 from three-point range. The game was close in the first half with Lithuania jumping to a 26-18 lead after the first quarter but Slovenia answering in the second. But in the third quarter Lithuania scored 19 while holding Slovenia to a mere 8 points, and the game was over after that. For the winners, Ramunas Siskauskas had 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Darius Songaila had 17 points and 4 rebounds. K.Lavrinovic had 14 points and 4 rebounds. Linas Kleiza had 7 rebounds. Rimantas Kaukenas had 4 assists. For Slovenia, Jaka Lakovic had 15 points and 3 assists. M.Smodis had 11 points. Radoslav Nesterovic had a mere 4 points with 5 rebounds.

September 11

Russia 83, Croatia 70 -- Fiba reports: Russia used a 15-4 run in a six-minute span late on to turn a close game into a route, as they beat Croatia 83-70. David Blatt’s men played from behind for the better part of the first two and a half quarters but, once they edged ahead 55-54 lead on a lay up by reserve Nikolai Padius with 1:13 left in the third period, they never relinquished their lead, outscoring their opponents 28-16 the rest of the way... The game was close for the first three quarters with neither team leading by more than eight points. But Russia used a 15-4 spurt spanning the end of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the final period to turn their 58-56 advantage into a comfortable 73-60 lead... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Russia, Andrei Kirilenko had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block. Z.Pashutin had 14 points and 3 assists. N.Morgunov had 10 points. J.Holden had 8 points and 4 assists, plus 2 steals. A.Savrasenko also scored 8. For Croatia, D.Kus had 17 points. M.Rozic had 11 points and 4 rebounds. M.Banic had 9 points. Z.Plananic only scored 4 points but had 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Greece 85, Portugal 67 -- Fiba reports: European champions Greece went on a decisive run at the start of the second quarter en route to an 85-67 win against Portugal on Tuesday at the EuroBasket. Portugal led 17-15 with two minutes to go in the first quarter but Greece hit them with a 16-2 run over the next seven minutes to take command... Despite trailing 45-34 at half-time, Portugal never gave up and cut the deficit to 45-37 early in the third quarter but the Greeks replied with a 6-0 run to stamp their authority on the contest... Greece were superior shooting the ball. They were 29 of 48 (60%) from the floor while their opponents were 21 of 58 (36%)... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Greece, Dimosthenis Ntikoudis had 17 points and 9 rebounds on great shooting. D.Diamantidis had 13 points and 3 rebounds. V.Spanoulis had 10 points and 3 assists. L. Papadopoulos had 9 points and 4 rebounds. And Theodoros Papaloukas had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. For Portugal, Joao Santos had 17 points. P.Cunha had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Filipe da Silva dished 5 assists with his 6 points.

Spain 99, Israel 73 -- Fiba reports: Pau Gasol put on an MVP showing with 26 points and seven rebounds in just 18 minutes as world champions Spain overcame a motivated Israel 99-73 to clinch first place in Group E of the 2007 EuroBasket. Spain scored the first 19 points of the fourth quarter to blow the game wide open in front of the home fans in Madrid... Jose Calderon scored all 15 of his points in the first half and Alex Mumbru and Jorge Garbajosa both tallied 12 points as the tournament hosts improved to 4-1 and passed Russia atop the group... Lior Eliyahu, Meir Tapiro and Matan Naor each scored 15 points in a losing cause and combined for 12 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals. Yaniv Green collected nine points and 10 rebounds... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: Meir Tapiro also dished 7 assists for Israel.

September 10

Italy 84, Turkey 75 -- Fiba reports: Hedo Turkoglu poured in a game-high 34 points for Turkey but it wasn't enough to upset Marco Belinelli and Italy on Monday. Belinelli scored all 17 of his points after half-time as the Italians won 84-75 in overtime. Turkey had a chance to win at the end of regulation but Ibrahim Kutluay missed a wide-open attempt from the left corner to leave the game tied at 70-70... Engin Atsur hit a three-pointer to put the Turks into a 73-72 lead but Italy responded with a 9-3 run to take control for good... Turkoglu was a hero even in defeat with one of the finest performances of the EuroBasket, making five of eight shots from the arc and pulling down six rebounds and dishing out four assists... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Italy, Angelo Gigli had 17 points and 10 rebounds plus 3 blocks. Marco Belinelli had 17 points and 4 assists. Massimo Bulleri also dished 4 assists. Andrea Bargnani had 12 points and 6 rebounds. For Turkey, Mehmet Okur had 10 points and 9 rebounds.

Lithuania 88, France 73 - Fiba reports: The 2003 EuroBasket champions led by as many as 20 points at one point in the first half and recovered from a slow start in the third quarter to send France (2-2) to their second loss of the qualifying round, putting their chances of reaching the quarter-finals in the balance... Ramunas Siskauskas, who turned 29, finished with a game-high 19 points and was glad to have a good performance on the day. Lithuania used a 17-2 spurt in the first 4:30 of the second quarter to turn a 20-19 deficit into a 36-20 advantage... The game started as a very gritty affair as the teams combined for 15 fouls and 22 free-throw attempts in the first quarter... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Lithuania, Ramunas Siskauskas had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Darius Songaila had 17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. Sarunas Jasikevicius had 14 points and 7 assists. For France, Florent Pietrus had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks. Boris Diaw had 6 points and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker had just 11 points with his 6 assists.

Slovenia 77, Germany 47 - Fiba reports: Matjaz Smodis led three players in double figure scoring with 22 points as Slovenia remained undefeated at the 2007 EuroBasket with a 77-47 thrashing of Germany to set up their top-of-Group F clash with Lithuania - a showdown of the final two perfect teams in Madrid. Radoslav Nesterovic tallied 13 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots and Jaka Lakovic collected 12 points and five assists for the winners, who improved to 4-0... Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 points and had eight rebounds to lead Germany, who shot just 28% (17-of-60) for the game. Ademola Okulaja was the next best scorer for Germany with five points... Germany couldn't get anything going offensively in the first quarter but still trailed only 13-7 when Slovenia went on a 17-2 surge to pull away by 21 points after one period, 30-9... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Slovenia, Matjaz Smodis had 22 points and 5 rebounds. Rasho Nesterovic had 13 points and 7 rebounds. J.Lakovic had 12 points and 5 assists. Uros Skolar had 9 points. For Germany, Nowitzki had 16 points and 8 rebounds on bad shooting. J.Jagla had 7 points and 3 steals. A.okulaja had 8 rebounds. No one on Germany had more than 1 assist.

September 9

Portugal 94, Israel 85 -- Fiba reports: "All the things I was afraid about happened today. we started the game very bad, and didnt succeed in doing the things we like to do," said Israel's coach, Zvika Sherf. "Portugal dominated the boards as they do in every game against us." he refered to the 45-25 difference under the boards... Portugal got a boost from Mario-Gil Fernandes and Joao Santos who made big shots from behind the arc and recovered their double-digit lead, going into the locker room up 46-34... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Portugal, Joao Gomes had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Filipe da Silva dished 9 assists. And F.Jordao scored 20. For Israel, Lior Eliyahu had 29 points and 9 rebounds, while Meir Tapiro had 6 assists. And Y.Halperin scored 19.

Greece 81, Croatia 78 -- Fiba reports: Vasileios Spanoulis sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer to beat Croatia 81-78, earning Greece their first win of the qualifying round to hugely improve their chances of advancing to the quarter-finals of EuroBasket 2007... Croatia’s Marko Popovic sank a pair of free-throws to tie the game at 78-78 with seven seconds left in the game but Spanoulis knew he had won the game once the ball left his hands... Croatia’s 50-37 lead with just under six minutes left in the third period turned into a four-point deficit, 61-57, early in the final frame as Greece used a 24-7 spurt to regain a lead they lost early in the second quarter... Diamantidis finished with 23 points and Papadopoulos added 22 while Spanoulis chipped in with 14 - none more important than the last three. Kasun led five players in double-figures for Croatia with 15 points... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: Mario Kasun also had a Croatia-leading 6 rebounds. Marko Popovic dished 4 assists in the loss. In the win, Lazaros Papadopoulos and Dimitrios Diamantidis each grabbed 6 rebounds. Greece had 7 steals, Croatia just 2.

Spain 81, Russia 69 -- Fiba reports: With 2:25 to go in the third Carlos Cabezas connected a three-pointer to set the score on 57-47 for Spain. That came after more than 90 seconds with no points on both ends. His shot came after Russia missed two chances to narrow the gap down from seven, and set the difference on double-digits. A true spirit breaker, and Russia never threatened Spain again... Jose Calderon was the heart of the Spanish machine tonight, in a game that showed how intimidating this team can be. Not only did he finish as the top scorer of his team with 17 point he also helped his team-mates get easy shots with four assists and most impressive of all closed the night with zero turnovers against one of the best, intense and most aggressive defenses here... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: For Russia, Andrei Kirilenko had 21 points and 4 rebounds but just 1 assist with 4 turnovers. Viktor Khryapa scored 14 and grabbed 11 boards. For Spain, Jose Calderon had 17 points and 4 assists, Juan Carlos Navarro had 15 points and Pau Gasol had 13 points with 9 rebounds.

September 8

France 78, Germany 66 - Fiba reports: France’s “supporting cast” came through in tremendous fashion to help the team boost their chances of making it to the quarter-finals after a 78-66 win over Germany today. Tony Parker finished with a team-high 23 points but it was the play of his team-mates Florent Pietrus and Tariq Kirksay that helped put Les Bleus in a good position in Group F. Parker was on the bench for the early part of the second quarter when Claude Bergeaud’s men used a 15-2 run to turn a 28-28 tie into a 43-30 lead thanks to the play of Pietrus and Kirksay... Pietrus and Kirksay finished with 12 points each with the former going a perfect four for four from the field, including two for two from downtown. Turiaf added 11 points and Diaw chipped in seven points and 10 rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki had a game-high 28 points - on 12 for 26 shooting from the field for Germany and Okulaja added 14 points and nine rebounds.

EUROBASKET FINAL RESULTS Gold: Russia Silver: Spain Bronze: Lithuania 4th: Greece 5th: Germany 6th: Croatia 7th: Slovenia 8th: France

EUROBASKET QUALIFYING ROUND STANDINGS GROUP E 1. Spain 4-1 2. Russia 4-1 3. Greece 3-2 4. Croatia 2-3 5. Portugal 1-4 6. Israel 1-4 GROUP F 1. Lithuania 5-0 2. Slovenia 4-1 3. France 3-2 4. Germany 2-3 5. Italy 1-4 6. Turkey 0-5

FINAL PRELIMINARY STANDINGS GROUP A 1. Russia 3/0 2. Greece 2/1 3. Israel 1/2 4. Serbia 0/3 GROUP B 1. Croatia 2/1 2. Spain 2/1 3. Portugal 1/2 4. Latvia 1/2 GROUP C 1. Lithuania 3/0 2. Germany 2/1 3. Turkey 1/2 4. Czech Republic 0/3 GROUP D 1. Slovenia 3/0 2. France 2/1 3. Italy 1/2 4. Poland 0/3

Lithuania 79, Italy 74 -- Fiba reports: Rimantas Kaukenas led Lithuania by pouring in 22 points, including a three-pointer with 3:12 remaining to spark a 9-2 run to finish off the game. Sarunas Jasikevicius was hampered with a left groin injury for much of the second half but tallied 13 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals in 28 minutes... Italy, who were out-rebounded 44-29 and made only 23% (6-of-26) of their three-point shots, now have a real fight on their hands to qualify for the quarter-finals... Andrea Bargnani collected 15 points and seven rebounds while Gianluca Basile had 13 points and four rebounds in a losing cause... InsideHoops.com note: Linas Kleiza grabbed 9 rebounds for Lithuania.

Slovenia 66, Turkey 51 -- Fiba reports: A balanced attack led Slovenia to a 66-51 victory over Turkey in Group F of the 2007 EuroBasket and helped the Slovenians remain undefeated at 3-0 in Spain. Uros Slokar provided a huge spark off the bench with 12 points in 19 minutes as Slovenia went on a 21-1 surge spanning the third and fourth quarters for a comfortable victory. Radoslav Nesterovic led Slovenia with 13 points while Goran Dragic added 11 points, four rebounds and three assists and Jaka Lakovic chipped in five points, seven rebounds and three assists... The Turks dropped to 0-3 in the group despite 17 points from Hidayet Turkoglu and 14 from Mehmet Okur. But Bogdan Tanjevic's side made just four-of-25 three-pointers (16%) and nine-of-16 foul shots... InsideHoops.com notes: Kerem Gönlüm had 9 rebounds for Turkey. Goran Jagodnik grabbed 8 rebounds for Slovenia.

September 7

Russia 78, Portugal 66 -- Fiba reports: It took a while for Andrei Kirilenko and Russia to heat up, but once they did there was no way Portugal could stop them in the first game of Friday's qualifying round in Madrid. Kirilenko had a game-high 16 points, pulled down four rebounds and dished out three assists as the Russians progressed to the quarter finals... Trailing 52-41 midway through the third quarter, Russia went on a 10-0 run, with JR Holden scoring five points in that surge, to take command... InsideHoops.com Stat Notes: Victor Khryapa grabbed 11 rebounds for Russia. The leading scorer for Portugal was Jorge Coelho with just 11 points.

Israel 80, Croatia 75 -- Fiba reports: Amit Tamir – who did not play in the first half – was the hero of the day for Israel as he hit three three-pointers, all at the right time. The 2.10m center made his first shot attempt, from beyond the arc, to tie the game up at 48 a piece with 2:41 left in the third quarter. And, just over a minute later, he struck again from downtown to give his team their first lead of the second half, 53-50. Croatia though fought back thanks in large part to the play of Marko Popovic and Mario Kasun... Meir Tapiro, who finished the game with 11 points, seven assists and four rebounds, admitted that the win was made even more special because of the quality of the opposition... Yaniv Green had a double-double of 17 points and 16 rebounds to lead the way for Israel. Kasun had 18 points and seven rebounds for Croatia while Ukic chipped in with 10... InsideHoops.com stat notes: Meir Tapiro dished 7 assists for Israel. Damir Markota grabbed 7 rebounds for Croatia while Davor Kus had 4 assists.

Spain 76, Greece 58 -- Rudy Fernandez had 20 points for Spain in a no-contest, easy win. Felipe Reyes grabbed 8 rebounds and Pau Gasol had 5 assists in the win. For Greece, the leading scorer, Ioannis Bourousis, had a mere 10 points while Konstantinos Tsartsaris and Ioannis Bourousis each had 5 rebounds. Theodoros Papaloukas dished 5 assists.

Sept 6

No games

Sept 5

Israel 87, Serbia 83 -- Fiba reports: Both teams fought to survive and while at first it seemed Serbia had the upper hand, Israel showed great character and took over the game in the second half... When the second half gong sounded Israel stormed out with bigger intensity. Their defense was much more aggressive and slowly the difference got smaller and smaller... Israel, who shot 88% from the line tonight, connected on seven of their last eight free throws in the last 21 seconds to secure the win, and send Serbia 60 years back... InsideHoops.com stat notes: Yaniv Green had 26 points and 12 rebounds for Israel. Milan Gurovic scored 19 for Serbia. Darko Milicic had 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Lithuania 84, Germany 80 -- Fiba reports: Lithuania nearly gave up a 21-point third quarter lead but held on just enough to beat Germany 84-80 and finish Group C of the 2007 EuroBasket undefeated at 3-0 going into the qualifying round. Rimantas Kaukenas made two foul shots with 2.6 seconds left to secure the win while Sarunas Jasikevicius led the way with 15 points, 10 assists and four rebounds. Darjus Lavrinovic had 18 points while Ramunas Siskausas chipped in 13 for the winners... Germany were led by Nowitzki's 28 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Okulaja had 12 points and seven rebounds while Robert Garrett chipped in 10 points.

Portugal 77, Latvia 67 -- Fiba reports: Needing to win by 15 plus points, the Portuguese stunned their opponents with a remarkable three-point shooting exhibition (nine of 18, 50%) and actually led 61-44 with 9:02 remaining in the game after a Paulo Cunha three-ball... Portugal set the tone early, opening up an 11-3 lead after a Francisco Jordao jump shot in the lane. He would end up with 11 points and seven rebounds... Kristaps Janicenoks had 21 points for Latvia. Andris Biedrins grabbed 18 rebounds.

Slovenia 67, France 66 -- Fiba reports: With Slovenia leading 67-65 with 0.1 seconds left to play, France had a chance to take the game to overtime but Tony Parker only made one of two attempts from the charity stripe to give their opponents their third straight win. With Jaka Lakovic heavily marked by Les Bleus, Slovenian guard Domen Lorbek came up strong for his team on the night. Lorbek sank the crucial free-throws to give his team the lead for good with 12 second left on the clock. The 22-year-old finished with 15 points and was a pefect five for five from the field and four of five from the charity stripe... Parker did finish with a game-high 25 points while Ronny Turiaf added 15.

Russia 61, Greece 53 -- Fiba reports: Russia won Group A with a perfect record, and will carry two wins to the next round in Madrid, while Greece lost their first game in EuroBasket since 2003, and will have to work harder to qualify to the quarter-finals... Andrei Kirilenko, who grabbed 17 boards tonight, collected seven of them in that stretch... InsideHoops.com stat notes: Jon Robert Holden scored 17 for Russia.

Turkey 80, Czech Republic 72 -- Fiba reports: NBA stars Mehmet Okur and Hidayet Turkoglu and captain Ibrahim Kutluay combined for 55 points as Turkey remained alive at the 2007 EuroBasket with an 80-72 victory over the Czech Republic, advancing to the qualifying round in Madrid and sending the Czechs home... Okur had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds, Turkoglu poured in 22 points and Kutluay added 17 as the Turks collected their first victory in Group C after suffering blowouts of 17 and 30 points to Lithuania and Germany, respectively... The Czechs, who lost their third straight contest, were led by 22 points from Lubos Barton and Petr Benda added 14 points in a losing effort. Jiri Welsch was clearly tired from the first two games and struggled mightly, scoring just five points on two for 11 shooting.

Croatia 85, Spain 84 -- Fiba reports: Marko Tomas buried a three-pointer with 3.1 seconds remaining as Croatia stunned Spain 85-84 to finish top of Group B in Seville. The win, achieved in Seville’s San Pablo Pavilion, gained partial revenge for the Croatians who were knocked out of EuroBasket 2005 by Spain in the quarter-finals... Pau Gasol, who had a game-high 26 points to lead Spain, missed and Croatia darted to the other end where Kus made a lay-up... InsideHoops.com stat notes: For Croatia, Marko Popovic had 18 points. Marko Banic had 9 rebounds. And Marko Tomas dished 4 assists. For Spain, Gasol scored 26, Felipe Reyes grabbed 10 rebounds and José Calderón dished 3 assists.

Italy 79, Poland 70 -- Fiba reports: Guard Marco Belinelli had a game-high 20 points for the winning side while forward Andrea Bargnani added 19 points - 16 of which came in the first half... The winners were superior in shooting the ball from long range as they hit 12 of 21(57%) attempts while their opponents were only six for 22 (27%). Italy made 17 of 21 from the free-throw line (81%) while Poland made 6 of 12 (50%). Poland were out-rebounded 34 to 26... InsideHoops.com stat notes: For Poland, Andrzej Pluta scored 15, Filip Dylewicz had 7 rebounds and Lucasz Koszarek dished 11 assists. For Italy, Marco Belinelli scored 20, Andrea Bargnani had 7 rebounds and Massimo Bulleri had 8 assists.

Sept 4

Russia 90, Israel 56 - Fiba.com reports: Russia secured their spot in the next round of EuroBasket 2007 with an easier than expected 90-56 win over Israel on the second day of games in Group A in Granada... Andrei Kirilenko, for the second night in a row, turned in a big performance with 17 points and 13 rebounds, turning in 10 boards, five assists and two blocks in the first half alone... Lior Eliyahu tried to save some of Israel's pride and managed to collect 17 points, but Russia kept hammering and finished the game with a 34 point win.

Lithuania 95, Czech Republic 75 -- Fiba.com reports: The 2003 champions led by 25 points midway through the third quarter only to see the Czechs go on a 13-0 run to come back within 12. But Ksistof Lavrinovic, Linas Kleiza and Simas Jasaitis each drained a pair of three-pointers in the fourth quarter, allowing Lithuania to stave off any Czech hopes of a comeback... Ksistof Lavrinovic led the way with 22 points, while Kleiza added 14, Darjus Lavrinovic had 12 and Jasikevicius chipped in with 10 points and four assists... Welsch finished with a game-high 18 points while Barton added 13 points. Petr Benda chipped in 14 points in a losing cause.

Croatia 90, Portugal 68 -- Fiba.com reports: Croatia pulled away from a pesky Portugal with a decisive run that started before half-time and ultimately prevailed 90-68... Valentyn Melnychuk’s men looked like a different team with Joao Gomes pouring in 13 points in the first quarter... Joao Gomes was four of six (67%) from the floor when he scored those 13 points for Portugal in the first eight minutes of the game, but did not play for the remainder of the first half. He ended up with 17 points

France 69, Italy 62 -- Fiba.com reports: Tony Parker poured in a game-high 36 points to give unbeaten France (2-0) a 69-62 triumph over Italy (0-2) With the score at 60-60 with three minutes remaining, Les Bleus went on a 9-0 run, with Parker scoring four points in that game-winning surge. He finished 12 of 22 (55%) from the field, grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists... Andrea Bargnani, who led Italy in scoring with 16 points, put his terrible start to EuroBasket 2007 quickly behind him... France outrebounded Italy 40-31.

Greece 68, Serbia 67 -- Fiba.com reports: The official score-sheet say that Greece won 68-67 in overtime and got the ticket for the next round taking on a 2-0 record in Group A at Granada, while Serbia dropped to 0-2 and must beat Israel tomorrow to stay in the competition... Jaric, who finished as the top scorer for Serbia with 18 points, made it a one point game with nine seconds to play in regulation, but when Serbia tried to foul Dikoudis managed to find an empty spot on court and got the ball open in front of the basket.

Germany 79, Turkey 49 -- Fiba.com reports: Dirk Nowitzki collected 24 points, six rebounds, two assists and one blocked shot while Ademola Okulaja was just one rebound from a second straight double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds as Germany looked much more confident than a night earlier... Turkoglu was Turkey's only player to score in double figures with 15 points as Germany held their opponents to 30% shooting (17-of-56) for the game.

Spain 93, Latvia 77 -- Fiba.com reports: Pau Gasol finished with a game-high 26 points on eight of 11 (73%) shooting, while Fernandez had 18. He was five of nine (56%) from the floor, including three of six from the arc.’” For Latvia, Biedrins scored 17 points on eight of 15 (53%) shooting and also grabbed five rebounds.

Slovenia 70, Poland 52 -- Fiba.com reports: Slovenian center Erazem Lorbek had a game-high 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds while team-mate Jaka Lakovic chipped in with 15 points... Slovenia stepped up their defense and outscored their opponents 21-7 to take a 34-26 advantage at the break... Dylewicz finished with nine points and nine rebounds while team-mate Andrzej Pluta led the Poles in scoring with 12 points. Poland were out-rebounded 46 to 28.

Sept. 3

Russia 73, Serbia 65 -- FIBA.com reports: Andrei Kirilenko finished the game with 24 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and drew seven fouls, but every play he made was in the best timing to keep his team on the winning side... Darko Milicic was shutdown by a great defensive team effort by Russia, and was representative of Serbia's poor shooting, connecting on just two of his 13 shots. Box score.

Germany 83, Czech Republic 78 -- FIBA.com reports: Dirk Nowitzki collected 35 points and 11 rebounds and Mithat Demirel added 18 points off the bench as Germany held off the Czech Republic 83-78 in overtime in their Group C opener in Palma de Mallorca... Ademola Okulaja did contribute a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds... Jiri Welsch paced the more-balanced Czechs with 22 points while Lubos Barton had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Houska had 12 points.

Latvia 85, Croatia 77 -- FIBA.com reports: Latvia upset Croatia 85-77 tonight in Seville to get off to a flying start at EuroBasket 2007. Armands Skele led five players in double-figures with 17 points but captain Aigars Vitols, who only had eight, made his baskets when it mattered most for the Baltic side... Latvia were incredible shooting the ball from three-point range, making 11 of 18 attempts for a sizzling 61%..

France 74, Poland 66 -- Fiba.com reports: Polish veteran Adam Wojcik had a game-high 19 points in the loss and shot eight of 10 from the floor (80%)... Tony Parker led France in scoring with 16 points but had a tough day shooting the ball, going five of 16 from the field (31%). He had nine points at the break and Boris Diaw chipped in with eight while Polish veteran Adam Wojcick was keeping his team in the game with 11.

Greece 76, Israel 66 -- For Greece, Vasileios Spanoulis shot 6 of 8 from two-point range and 2 of 4 from three-point range to lead Greece with 19 points. Dimosthenis Ntikoudis and Konstantinos Tsartsaris each scored 15. For Israel, Yotam Halperin had 20 points on good shooting with 6 assists. But he didn't receive a lot of help. Jeron Roberts had 13 points, Yaniv Green added 11 points and 7 rebounds. Israel shot very well from two-point range. But Greece went nuts from outside, nailing 10 of 23 three-pointers for the win.

Lithuania 86, Turkey 69 -- Fiba.com reports: Lithuania made Sarunas Jasikevicius's return to the National Team a special one as the 2003 EuroBasket champions cruised past Turkey 86-69 to grab an opening day victory in Group C. Jasikevicius, widely regarded as one of Europe's best players, fought off a knee injury to collect 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in a dominating Lithuania win. Rimantas Kaukenas added 14 points while Linas Kleiza and Darius Songalia each had 12 points, and Ramunas Siskauskas added 10... Turkey, who were led by 18 points from Hidayet Turkoglu and 17 from Ibrahim Kutluay, led 10-5 in the early stages.

Spain 82, Portugal 56 -- This was a breeze for Spain. Pau Gasol barely missed, scoring 19 points. His teammates provided a balanced effort and although Spain was a miserable 3 of 18 from three-point range they nailed 68.3% of their two-point attempts. No Portugal players reached double digits in scoring. Slovenia 69, Italy 68 -- Fiba.com reports: Slovenian guard Jaka Lakovic scored 13 points and made the winning shot... Slovenia were superior shooting the ball from three-point range, they were five of 17 (29%) while Italy were four of 22 (19%)... InsideHoops.com stat report: For Slovenia, Matjaz Smodis scored 19 points. For Italy, Massimo Bulleri had 20 points with 5 assists. And Matteo Soragna only needed 8 field goal attempts to get 16 points.



2007 EUROBASKET PLAYER STAT LEADERS

Final leaders. Includes Sept 16.

POINTS PER GAME (PPG)
1.	Nowitzki, D. 	GER	24.0
2.	Parker, T. 	FRA	20.1
3.	Türkoglu, H. 	TUR	19.2
4.	Gasol, P. 	ESP	18.8
5.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	18.0
6.	Belinelli, M. 	ITA	15.5
7.	Halperin, Y. 	ISR	14.0
8.	Siskauskas, R. 	LTU	13.8
9.	Smodis, M. 	SLO	13.4
10.	Popovic, M. 	CRO	13.1
11.	Lakovic, J. 	SLO	12.9
12.	Bargnani, A. 	ITA	12.7
13.	Calderón, J. 	ESP	12.3
14.	Nesterovic, R. 	SLO	11.9
15.	Green, Y. 	ISR	11.8
16.	Spanoulis, V. 	GRE	11.7
17.	Holden, J. 	RUS	11.6
18.	Navarro, J. 	ESP	11.4
19.	Khryapa, V. 	RUS	11.2
20.	Songaila, D. 	LTU	11.2
21.	Bulleri, M. 	ITA	11.2
22.	Santos, J. 	POR	11.2


REBOUNDS PER GAME (RPG)
1.	Green, Y. 	ISR	9.3
2.	Nowitzki, D. 	GER	8.7
3.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	8.6
4.	Khryapa, V. 	RUS	7.8
5.	Okur, M. 	TUR	7.7
6.	Nesterovic, R. 	SLO	7.6
7.	Gasol, P. 	ESP	7.0
8.	Okulaja, A. 	GER	6.9
9.	Gigli, A. 	ITA	6.0
10.	Reyes, F. 	ESP	5.9
11.	Diaw, B. 	FRA	5.8
12.	Kasun, M. 	CRO	5.5
13.	Kleiza, L. 	LTU	5.3
14.	Evora, E. 	POR	5.2
15.	Türkoglu, H. 	TUR	5.2
16.	Diamantidis, D. GRE	5.0
17.	Ntikoudis, D. 	GRE	5.0
18.	Bargnani, A. 	ITA	5.0
19.	Jagla, J. 	GER	4.9
20.	Jagodnik, G. 	SLO	4.8
21.	Songaila, D. 	LTU	4.8


ASSISTS PER GAME (APG)
1.	Jasikevicius, S.LTU	5.6
2.	Tapiro, M. 	ISR	5.0
3.	Lakovic, J. 	SLO	4.3
4.	Bulleri, M. 	ITA	4.0
5.	Khryapa, V. 	RUS	3.2
6.	da Silva, F. 	POR	3.2
7.	Halperin, Y. 	ISR	2.8
8.	Parker, T. 	FRA	2.8
9.	Planinic, Z. 	CRO	2.8
10.	Calderón, J. 	ESP	2.6
11.	Siskauskas, R. 	LTU	2.6
12.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	2.4
13.	Hamann, S. 	GER	2.3
14.	Holden, J. 	RUS	2.3
15.	Gasol, P. 	ESP	2.2
16.	Türkoglu, H. 	TUR	2.2
17.	Diamantidis, D. GRE	2.1
18.	Dragic, G. 	SLO	2.1
19.	Papaloukas, T. 	GRE	2.1
20.	Kus, D. 	CRO	2.0
21.	Spanoulis, V. 	GRE	2.0


STEALS PER GAME (SPG)
1.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	2.2
2.	Khryapa, V. 	RUS	2.1
3.	Planinic, Z. 	CRO	1.6
4.	Gigli, A. 	ITA	1.5
5.	Tapiro, M. 	ISR	1.5
6.	Kirksay, T. 	FRA	1.4
7.	Lakovic, J. 	SLO	1.4
8.	Siskauskas, R. 	LTU	1.4
9.	Diamantidis, D. GRE	1.3
10.	Fernandez, R. 	ESP	1.3
11.	Soragna, M. 	ITA	1.3
12.	Calderón, J. 	ESP	1.2
13.	Samoylenko, P. 	RUS	1.2
14.	Jordão, F. 	POR	1.2
15.	Holden, J. 	RUS	1.1
16.	Papaloukas, T. 	GRE	1.1
17.	Spanoulis, V. 	GRE	1.1


BLOCKS PER GAME (BPG)
1.	Nesterovic, R. 	SLO	1.9
2.	Gasol, P. 	ESP	1.8
3.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	1.8
4.	Green, Y. 	ISR	1.5
5.	Gigli, A. 	ITA	1.2
6.	Turiaf, R. 	FRA	1.1
7.	Diamantidis, D. GRE	1.0
8.	Nowitzki, D. 	GER	0.9
9.	Peker, K. 	TUR	0.8
10.	Lavrinovic, D. 	LTU	0.8
11.	Femerling, P. 	GER	0.7
12.	Türkoglu, H. 	TUR	0.7
13.	Crosariol, A. 	ITA	0.6
14.	Pietrus, F. 	FRA	0.6
15.	Lavrinovic, K. 	LTU	0.6
16.	Lorbek, E. 	SLO	0.6
17.	Savrasenko, A. 	RUS	0.6


FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (FG%)
1.	Gasol, P. 	ESP	62.1
2.	Calderón, J. 	ESP	55.6
3.	Eliyahu, L. 	ISR	54.0
4.	Nesterovic, R. 	SLO	50.5
5.	Halperin, Y. 	ISR	49.2
6.	Green, Y. 	ISR	49.0
7.	Türkoglu, H. 	TUR	48.1
8.	Songaila, D. 	LTU	47.6
9.	Kirilenko, A. 	RUS	47.3
10.	Parker, T. 	FRA	46.8
11.	Khryapa, V. 	RUS	45.7
12.	Belinelli, M. 	ITA	45.5
13.	Siskauskas, R. 	LTU	44.7
14.	Kleiza, L. 	LTU	43.2
15.	Nowitzki, D. 	GER	43.2