ISTANBUL: Slovenia won their first European basketball title on Sunday with a 93-85 victory against Serbia. Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic, playing his last international match, led the way with 35 points as Slovenia, with just two million people, became the smallest country to lift the title since Latvia in 1935. Dragic’s points were the most in a final since Spanish star Pau Gasol’s 36 in 2003 and short of Aleksandar Djordjevic’s all-time record of 41. Klemen Prepelic claimed 21 points and US-born Anthony Randolph, who only became a Slovenian citizen in June, had 11. Earlier, Spain claimed their ninth European medal in the last 10 editions with a 93-85 win against Russia in the third-place match. Published in Daily Times, September 19th 2017.