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The defending champions of EuroBasket, Spain, los to hosts Slovenia 69 – 78 on day 2 of the ongoing 2013 EuroBasket at Ljubljana, Slovenia. Spain took the first and second quarter 14 – 9 and 19 – 16 respectively to go to the half-time break with a 8 point lead. But the hosts took the third and fourth quarter 27 – 18 and 26 – 18 to win the match 78 – 69. Goran Dragic top scored for Slovenia with 18 points while José Calderón was top scorer for Spain with 14 points.
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In another shocking result , one of the favourites to lift the title, Turkey lost to Italy 75 – 90. Italy took the first three quarters 22 – 15, 22 – 15 and 30 – 23 respectively while Turkey took the third quarter 18 – 16. Pietro Aradori was outstanding for Italy with 23 points while Emir Preldzic was the top scorer for Turkey with 9 points.
Below are results of all the matches of the second day of the first round of the 2013 EuroBasket.
The top six teams from 2013 EuroBasket– excluding Spain, as they have already qualified as hosts – will get their ticket to 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
