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European basketball championship

Russians bounce back
ATHENS, lune 25: Russia overcame tiredness and the effects of a 100-94 overtime defeat by Croatia the previ on* day to beat Slovenia 92 82 tn the European basketball championship on Saturday, reports Reuter
Russia, the new powerhouse of the European game, owed much to the lethal long range accuracy of guard Sergei Bazarevich, who kept bombarding the Slovenian basket throughout the Pool B match, sinking an impressive 35 points
it is important we won against such a strong team lie Slovenia," Russian coach Sergei* Belov said "We were tired from the super effort against Croatia and in the second half the Slovenians Were very dangerous but we gave it all we had and it paid
Die Russians kept a steady lead which ranged between five and 10 points until mid wav through the second half when Slovenia hit back and they led 74-72 for the fust time eight minutes before the V
However, Slovenia missed
two free throws and Bazarevich found the courage to answer with a triple which lifted the Russians, who then eased to victory.
Russia, silver medalists in the World Championship last year, Croatia and Pool A teams Yugoslavia and Lithuania are the main contenders for the trophy here.
The Russians have won three of their four matches, bringing down Finland, France and Slovenia.
Yugoslavia clinched their third straight win, crushing Italy 87-74.
They were boosted by a superb display by Vlade Di vac, who plays for Los Ange ks Lakers in* the NBA, and the accuracy of Bokigna stars Aleksandar Diordievic and Predrag Danilovic.
Diordienc was top scorer with 22 points and forced Iulian coach Ettore Messina into using three different guards to try to stop him
When Djordzevic did not score, he found Danilovic 118 points) at the base line or l5i-vac 111 points) under the boards to finish the job.
It was the second straight loss for Italy, who started the tournament with two narrow wins against Israel and defend mg champions Germany but then lost to Greece 67-61 on Friday
In a Pool B encounter, France swept underdogs Turkey 90-76, Antoine Ri Bodeau scoring 23 points and ughes Occansey 16.
Croatia also showed signs of fatigue following their overtime clash with Russia but went on to Jieat Spain 80 70 for their thud straight win.
NBA proapect Arnan Ko-mazec top scored again for the Croats with 25 points and Toni Kukoc of the Chicago Bulls contributed 20 but another NBA star, Dmo Radja of the Bostonceltics, had only six
Croatia, who opened a six point lead six minutes before time, shot 61 per cent to Spain s 51 per cent but were outrebounded by the Spaniards 24-23.
Forward Alberto Herrero* led Spain with 19 points and guard Mikel Smith scored 12.