LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — France ended Spain's reign as European basketball champion Friday with a 75-72 overtime victory behind 32 points from Tony Parker to set up a final against Lithuania. Two-time defending champion Spain led by 14 points at halftime but Parker led France's comeback after the break, and his 3-pointer with 2 minutes left gave France its first lead of the second half, 64-63. "We wanted to be aggressive but until halftime we weren't really playing, it was a nightmare" France coach Vincent Collet said. "We talked about it during the break and we came back very different. They couldn't score for five minutes in the third and even when they started hitting shots a...
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