Łódź – Turkey held onto a 63-60 win over world champion Spain as Ersan İlyasova blocked Spanish guard Sergio Llull with on Spain’s penultimate possession.

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Down 61-60, Spain had a chance to win it with 13 seconds to play.

The 6-2 Llull drove to the basket; attempted to go strong to the hoop, with the intention to dunk the ball over the Turkish frontcourt of 6-9 Ilyasova, 6-11 Ömer Aşık and 7-1 Semih Erden.

However, Ilyasova was able to get a hand on dunk attempt and Turkey came up with the rebound. Erden would be fouled, and hit a pair of free throws to keep Turkey unbeaten at the tournament.

“It’s a big win for us against a good team,” said Hedo Türkoğlu, who had only 2 points for Turkey. “We played hard and played together and won, so I’m happy what we did and hopefully we can continue like this.”

Turkey was led by Ilyasova’s 15 points and 5 rebounds, Asik’s had 13 points. Kerem Tunçeri and Erden each contributed 11 points apiece.  Turkey will play against Serbia on Monday.

Pau Gasol and Rudy Fernández each had 16 points for Spain and Gasol also pulled down 9 rebounds. Spain will face Lithuania in their next match. The top four teams in in the two groups will advance to Eurobasket’s quarterfinals.