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\nBERLIN: Rudy Gobert scored 20 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, and Olympic silver medalist France moved into the EuroBasket quarterfinals by holding off Turkey 87-86 in overtime on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\nGobert had a putback dunk with 2.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, then scored the first four points of overtime, and France never trailed in the extra session.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cCrazy game,\u201d Gobert said.<\/p>\n
\nCrazier finish.<\/p>\n
\nTurkey had what seemed like full control of the game with 12.2 seconds left in regulation. They had the ball, up by two, was going to the foul line for two free throws and would keep possession of the ball after those shots because France had been whistled for an unsportsmanlike foul.<\/p>\n
\nBut Cedi Osman missed both shots, a scene reminiscent of when he did the same late in what became a one-point loss to the US at the Basketball World Cup in 2019. France wound up forcing a turnover on the ensuing possession, and Gobert\u2019s dunk tied the game.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cReally tough spot for us, but we got lucky, he missed both,\u201d Gobert said. \u201cThen we were able to steal the out of bounds, get a bucket and get to overtime. We never stopped. We never stopped fighting. We always believed. Obviously, not our best game, but the thing I\u2019m really proud of is the fact that we never gave up. A lot of teams would have given up in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThomas Heurtel and Evan Fournier had 13 points apiece for France, which led by 16 midway through the second quarter.<\/p>\n
\nBut Turkey closed the third quarter on a 19-0 run, turning an 11-point deficit into a 57-49 lead going into the final 10 minutes of regulation. France missed 11 consecutive shots in that stretch.<\/p>\n
\nTurkey had a chance to win on the final possession of overtime, but Furkan Korkmaz lost his dribble with about 2 seconds left and his team never got a shot off.<\/p>\n
\nBugrahan Tuncer scored 22 for Turkey, while Korkmaz added 18.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say, really,\u201d Tuncer said. \u201cI\u2019m so mad. I\u2019m so sad. If I cannot find any nice words, I\u2019m sorry about it. This is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFrance will play the winner of Sunday\u2019s Serbia-Italy game in the quarterfinals. That matchup is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMaybe it\u2019s the worst emotional loss in my 26-year career,\u201d Turkey coach Ergin Ataman said. \u201cCongratulations to France. I hope that they will continue on a good way in the quarterfinals. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSLOVENIA 88 BELGIUM 72<\/strong><\/p>\n\nLuka Doncic scored 35 points and defending champion Slovenia used a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter to eliminate Belgium.<\/p>\n
\nDoncic and Goran Dragic combined to score or be credited with assists on Slovenia\u2019s first 40 points of the second half.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBelgium was playing great basketball,\u201d said Doncic, who is averaging 28 points in six tournament games so far \u2014 39.3 per game in his last three contests. \u201cWe knew this was going to be a hard game. They were fighting until the end. But in the end, I think we played a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDoncic had five rebounds, five assists and four steals for Slovenia, while Klemen Prepelic scored 13, Mike Tobey Finished with 12 and Dragic added 11.<\/p>\n
\nManu Lecomte scored 16 points and Pierre-Antoine Gillet had a 15-point, 10-rebound game for Belgium.<\/p>\n
\nSlovenia got to the line 25 times, to only eight for Belgium.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m listening for a lot of weeks now, the word \u2018equality.\u2019 But equality doesn\u2019t exist in basketball,\u201d Belgium coach Dario Gjergja said.<\/p>\n
\nNext for Slovenia is a quarterfinal game Wednesday, against the winner of the Ukraine-Poland matchup. Those teams will play Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nGERMANY 85 MONTENEGRO 79<\/strong><\/p>\n\nDennis Schroder scored 22 points and Germany wasted most of a 27-point second-half lead before hanging on to oust Montenegro.<\/p>\n
\nGermany led 51-24 early in the third quarter before Montenegro outscored the hosts 53-29 over the next 19 minutes.<\/p>\n
\nBut Germany sealed the win with five free throws in the final seconds \u2014 three of them coming off an unsportsmanlike foul and technical foul call.<\/p>\n
\nMaodo Lo and Franz Wagner each scored 14 for Germany. The Germans will meet either Greece or the Czech Republic in Tuesday\u2019s quarterfinals; those teams meet in a round of 16 game on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nKendrick Perry scored 25 for Montenegro, which got 22 from Bojan Dubljevic, 13 from Marko Simonovic and 12 from Vladimir Mihailovic.<\/p>\n
\nSPAIN 102 LITHUANIA 94, OT<\/strong><\/p>\n\nLorenzo Brown scored 28 points, Willy Hernangomez added 21 and Spain survived some frantic moments to hold off Lithuania in overtime.<\/p>\n
\nRudy Fernandez and Juancho Hernangomez each scored 13 for Spain, which will meet either Finland or Croatia in Tuesday\u2019s quarterfinals. Finland and Croatia play a round of 16 game on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\nBrown scored the first five points of overtime, and Spain never trailed in the extra session.<\/p>\n
\nIgnas Brazdeikis gave Lithuania a chance, getting a tip-in to rattle around the rim and fall as time expired in regulation. But Lithuania wasted an eight-point lead in the final 5:56 of the fourth quarter, and Spain wound up tying the game on a layup by Brown with 2:23 left in the fourth.<\/p>\n
\nMindaugas Kuzminskas led Lithuania with 18 points. Brazdeikis scored 17, while Domantas Sabonis and Lukas Lekavicius had 15 apiece.<\/p>\n
\nRokas Jokubaitis added 13 for Lithuania, which lost despite shooting 51 percent \u2014 7 percent better than Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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