Greece's Antonios Fotsis (R) vies with Macedonia's Pero Antic (L) during the EuroBasket 2011 second round group C match between Greece and Macedonia at the Arena sports hall on September 3, 2011 in Alytus. Getty Images / PETRAS MALUKASPETRAS MALUKAS/Getty Images
Bo McCalebb scored 27 points to lead Macedonia to an upset 72-58 victory over Greece at the European basketball championship on Saturday.
The American-born guard orchestrated the win by tearing Greece apart with his drives to the basket, leaving both teams with 2-1 records in Group C.
Antonis Fotsis led Greece with 16 points. Ioannis Bourousis had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Greece, which fell apart in the fourth quarter.
Also Saturday, Finland won its first game at a European Championship since 1977 when it beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 92-64 behind Mikko Koivisto's 17 points and a 34-18 third quarter.
Croatia improved to 2-1 in Group C by beating Montenegro 87-81 behind 26 points from Ante Tomic, who shot 12-of-16 from the field.
Ukraine won its first in 10 years by defeating Bulgaria 67-56. Both teams are 1-2 in Group D.
Slovenia stayed perfect after three games by beating Georgia 87-75.
Russia is also 3-0 in Group D after beating winless Belgium 79-58.
McCalebb, who was born and raised in New Orleans, fired Macedonia to a memorable win over its Balkan neighbour. Macedonia nearly squandered its eight-point lead before completing an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away.
"Obviously, we played terrible. The coach told us that Macedonia was going to play with a lot of passion, with a lot of heart and I think that was the main reason why they won this game," said Nikos Zisis, who had nine points and eight rebounds for Greece. "They were more ready than us. We shot at a terrible percentage, but we've won plenty of games in the past despite shooting terribly. Unfortunately, we just thought we could win more easily."
Croatia, which had lost to Macedonia in the previous game, needed to bounce back against another former Yugoslav republic and did against Montenegro, which fell to 1-2.
Marko Popovic scored 23 points for Croatia, including a pair of free throws with five seconds left.
Tomic made a layup with 1:09 remaining to make it 82-77 and put the game away.
Dontaye Draper had 12 assists and nine points for Croatia.
Goran Jeretin led Montenegro with 18 points and Vladimir Dragicevic added 17.
Finland overcame a 25-point performance from Henry Domercant, who was Bosnia's only effective player.
Bosnia also had twice as many turnovers with 16.
Jaka Lakovic led Slovenia with 22 points to match Georgia's Zaza Pachouli, of the Atlanta Hawks.
Lakovic nailed a three-pointer with 3:18 remaining to put Slovenia up 73-65 and his team was never threatened again.
Sasa Ozbolt had 21 points for Slovenia.
The Slovenia defence forced Georgia into 21 turnovers, while the Slovenes only gave the ball away seven times.
Ukraine used its powerful front line to wear down Bulgaria, which shot just 28 per cent from the field.
Guard Oleksandr Kolchenko led Ukraine with 18 points, while twins Danylo and Kyrylo Ivanov combined for 18 of Bulgaria's 56 points.