Eurobasket 2011 - Day 3

Tony Parker and France improved to 3-0 with a big win over Dirk Nowitzki and Germany while Lithuania dealt Turkey their first loss in the other battle of unbeatens yesterday. Spain and Serbia also improved to 3-0 as just Groups A and B were in action with Groups C and D taking the court today.

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Here are the results from Day 3:

Poland 81 Portugal 73
Lithuania 75 Turkey 68
Spain 86 United Kingdom 69
Italy 71 Latvia 62
France 76 Germany 65
Serbia 89 Israel 80


Notable Performers:

Pau Gasol - Spain - 21 points, 6 rebounds
Marc Gasol - Spain - 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists
Luol Deng - United Kingdom - 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
Dusko Savanovic - Serbia - 24 points, 7 rebounds
Andrea Bargnani - Italy - 36 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks
Ersan Ilyasova - Turkey - 20 points
Ömer Asik  - Turkey - 11 points, 13 rebounds
Darius Songaila - Lithuania - 12 points, 5 rebounds
Tony Parker - France - 32 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
Joakim Noah - France - 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals
Dirk Nowitzki - Germany - 20 points, 6 rebounds


As mentioned above, Groups C and D are in action today, with a full slate of games tomorrow with host nation Lithuania (3-0) facing off against defending champion Spain (3-0), while Germany (2-1) tries to rebound from their loss to France with a match against unbeaten Serbia (3-0).