- VILNIUS, Lithuania: France held off a late rally by Turkey on Wednesday to win 68-64 and move closer to a place in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship.
Pau and Marc Gasol combined for 43 points to lead defending champion Spain past Dirk Nowitzki’s Germany 77-68.
In the late game of the second-round group stage, host Lithuania played Serbia.
Tony Parker was the game-winner for France, making seven of eight free throws in the final 18 seconds to lift the team past Turkey.