EuroBasket 2011 - Day 5 Recap

With 1 game remaining in the preliminary round, we're down to 5 unbeaten teams. Spain defeated previously unbeaten host nation Lithuania to take sole possession of the top spot in Group A, France and Serbia are on a collision course atop Group B, and Russia and Slovenia are unbeaten atop Group D. Meanwhile, Luol Deng and Great Britain got their first win of the tournament over winless Portugal on a busy Day 5.

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Here are the results from Day 5:

Poland 84 Turkey 83
United Kingdom 85 Porugal 73
Spain 91 Lithuania 79
France 91 Italy 84
Israel 91 Latvia 88
Serbia 75 Germany 64
Bosnia - Herzegovina 92 Croatia 80
Macedonia 72 Finland 70
Greece 71 Montenegro 55
Russia 89 Bulgaria 77
Georgia 69 Ukraine 53
Slovenia 70 Belgium 61


Notable Performers:

Luol Deng - United Kingdom - 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists
Carlos Andrade - Portugal - 24 points, 10 rebounds
Lior Eliyahu - Israel - 26 points, 10 rebounds
Janis Blums - Latvia - 27 points, 6 assists
Pero Antic - Macedonia - 14 points, 19 rebounds
Enes Kanter - Turkey - 19 points, 5 rebounds
Andrea Bargnani - Italy - 22 points, 5 rebounds
Boris Diaw - France - 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists

Kostas Koufos - Greece - 19 points, 4 blocks
Andrei Kirilenko - Russia - 25 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals
Deyan Ivanov - Bulgaria - 23 points, 5 rebounds

Juan Carlos Navarro - Spain - 22 points, 4 assists
Dirk Nowitzki - Germany - 25 points, 6 rebounds
Mirza Teletovic - Bosnia - Herzegovina - 26 points, 9 rebounds
Ante Tomic - Croatia - 23 points, 3 rebounds
Goran Dragic - Slovenia - 18 points, 5 steals