Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic scored 23 points to lead Montenegro to a much-needed 87-81 victory over Sweden at EuroBasket on Monday. Also, Serbia, Turkey and Germany extended their records to four group stage wins.

Vucevic also grabbed 15 rebounds and delivered four assists in Tampere, Finland, as Montenegro overcame a blip in the third quarter to post its first win at the continental tournament, keeping its hopes alive of reaching the round of 16.

Pelle Larsson led the Swedes with 28 points.

Montenegro had a 40-34 halftime lead but Sweden was the better team returning from the locker room and out-scored its rival in the third quarter 31-24 to take the lead. A strong effort by Kyle Allman, who scored 10 points in less than two minutes for an 80-77 lead with 1:50 left, helped Mont

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