The Spaniards managed to retaliate with Slovenia, the Croats did not even reach Italy
Spaniards have entered the game better, but the Slovenians did not let their rivals escape and stay in touch. Whenever Spain attempted a surge, the European champions had an answer. The Duel broke down at the start of the last ten minutes, when the Spaniards started ten points in a row, fled to a seventeen-point lead and the Slovenians did not get it.
The star of the duel was with 25 points Kazan’s Quino Colom,
In the Nordic duel of two failed duels from the first duel, group B was rewarded by Latvians above Sweden 82:73.In a balanced duel, the teams have played several times in the lead, but have decided to the last quarter that the home of Latvians dominated 18:10.
The best man of the Baltics was again Žanis Peiners, against Sweden with 18 points, eight assists four rebounds. Anzejs Pasečniks has added 15 points. Twenty-point Tobias Borg and Chris Czerapowicz were drawn by the Swedes.
No defeat after two matches Turks , who defeated Latvia Ukraine – 67:60.
The key was the last three minutes. In those Ukrainians who lost the whole match, two teams scored the score and pushed to the favorite. Baris Ermis, however, took the lead but the Turks looked at it.Their best shooter was with 15 points of Tolga Gecim. Melih Mahmutoglu, a key man with Latvia, only scored two points this time.
Ukraine did not even get the contribution of Sergey Gladyr. He gave 20 points, a third of all points in his team, and he joined seven rebounds, but he had a foul and the game ended early. Group C
The second smooth win was Lithuania , which played Poland 75:55. The second quarter was key in this duel, with the home controlling the 25: 8 ratio and controlling the duel since then. The Lithuanians found a shot at Eimantas Bandzius, who scored 18 points. Poles held by Lukasz Koszarek with 12 points.
After two matches, the Croatians are without a win.The unexpected defeat with the Netherlands followed home with Italy . In the first half they led up to 12 points, but they did not manage the half-time, and Italy fired mainly from the long distance score. Italy managed to win with 25 points Amedeo Della Valle, the Croats did not score 20 points and 10 rebounds by Darka Planic.
