Nemanja Bjelica scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Serbia past Spain 80-70 in the featured match of the opening day of the Eurobasket 2015.
Defending champion France needed overtime to overcome Finland 97-87. Lithuania struggled to edge Ukraine, the youngest team in the tournament, 69-68. Jonas Valanciunas had 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Turkey surprised Italy 89-87 despite blowing a 16-point lead, and 33 points from Danilo Gallinari.
Also, Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Schroeder scored 15 points each to lead host Germany to a surprisingly close 71-65 victory over Iceland.
Other games
- Poland 68 Bosnia-Herzegovina 64
- Netherlands 73 Georgia72
- Czech Republic 80 Estonia 57
- Israel 76 Russia 73
- Greece 85 Macedonia 65
- Latvia 78 Belgium 67 in Group D
- Croatia 80 Slovenia 73