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			Yugoslavia - Spain 78-65 September 10, 2001 Yugoslavia's Predrag Stojakovic celebrates victory Istanbul, TURKEY, September 8 (FIBA) - Spain led throughout the first half getting a solid contribution from their NBA candidates, Raul Lopez with 8 points and Pau Gasol with 13. They were aided by their teammates with 6 others getting on the scoresheet. They dominated the paint, finding 24 of their 39 points in the lane which also brought a very high pecentage of field goals: 54 %. On the contrary, Predrag Stojakovic and Dejan Bodiroga scored 25 of their team's total 36 points. Spain's sagging help-defense caught Yugoslavia by surprise, a half where Yugoslavia scored below 40 points. Spain was also taking care of the boards with a 12 - 7 lead, a team effort in which the individual high was only 3. The third period stayed close with both teams shutting down the perimeter weapons of the opponent. 2 of the 3 3-pointers in the period came from a big man: Predrag Drobnjak. He also shut down Pau Gasol who could only score 2 points. Yugoslavia took the lead (53 - 51) with a jumper by Dragan Tarlac 01:20 remaining in the period then kept on building on it as Spain was scoreless until the end of the quarter: 56 - 51. Yugoslavia never looked back as they started hitting behind the arc which forced the Spanish coach Javier Imbroda to use his last timeout 06:10 to go with a 14-point deficit. The timeout brought their act together as they prevented the hot hands of Yugoslavian shooters from scoring for 4 minutes and 57 seconds until Bodiroga hit two free throws. However, Spain was far from accurate in their shooting campaign as they could only score 7 points during that span, only cutting the lead by half: 70 - 63. From then on, Yugoslavia kept their cool in their free throws and escaped with a 13-point victory: 78 - 65. Predrag Stojakovic was the top scorer with 30, hitting the back breakers for Spain. Pau Gasol did his job for Spain with a double-double: 22 points & 11 rebounds. ***** European Men's Basketball Championship, semifinal, Istanbul, TURKEY, September 8 YUGOSLAVIA - SPAIN 78-65 (18-21,18-18,21-12,21-14) YUGOSLAVIA: Bodiroga 15 (5 rebounds), Petrovic, Obradovic 5, Rakocevic, Stojakovic 30 (FTs 8/10, 2P FGs 5/9, 3P FGs 4/8, 3 rebounds), Scepanovic 3, Jaric 4 (5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals), Drobnjak 13 (5 rebounds, one block), Tarlac 4 (one block), Milojevic, Tomasevic and Gurovic 4. SPAIN: Gasol 22, Kornegay, Garbajosa, Navarro 5, Rodriguez 2, Vazquez, Jimenez 2, Angulo 12, Paraiso 8, Lopez 8, A.Reyes 6 and F.Reyes. FREE THROWS: Yugoslavia 79% (22/28), Spain 67% (18/27). 2P FGs: Yugoslavia 42% (16/38), Spain 58% (19/33). 3P FGs: Yugoslavia 44% (8/18), Spain 21% (3/14). REBOUNDS: Yugoslavia 24 (18+6), Spain 27 (23+4). PERSONAL FOULS: Yugoslavia 27, Spain 29. TURNOVERS: Yugoslavia 11, Spain 20. STEALS: Yugoslavia 13, Spain 9. BLOCKS: Yugoslavia 2 , Spain 3. ***** Semifinal Turkey - Germany 79-78 (OT) Third-place match (September 9) Spain vs Germany F I N A L (September 9) Yugoslavia vs Turkey
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