Vilnius: Holders Spain cruised into the European basketball championship quarter-finals with a match to spare in the second group stage after crushing 2009 runners-up Serbia 84-59 on Friday.
Hosts Lithuania still have work to do after a 73-67 defeat by France, who stretched their unbeaten record to seven games, while Germany rekindled their hopes of reaching the last eight with a 73-67 win over Turkey.
France top Group E with four wins, Spain have three wins and one defeat while Lithuania have a 2-2 record. Serbia, Turkey and Germany all have one win and three defeats and are still in the hunt for a berth in the knockout stage.
The Spaniards romped to an early 15-5 lead against a disorganised Serbian team and never looked back as they had 11 rebounds and eight steals more than their opponents.
Centre Pau Gasol and his younger brother Marc were again at the heart of Spain's success, the former scoring 26 points to go with eight rebounds and the latter finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the one-sided contest.
Top player
Marc Gasol, perennially overshadowed as a top player by his elder brother, who helped the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2010 NBA title, played down his immense contribution to Spain's smooth run in Eurobasket 2011.
"How I play personally is not as important as how the team performs and the team is improving day by day," he told Spanish television after delivering a basketball lesson to his Serbian rivals Nenad Krstic and Kosta Perovic.
"Today we played a very complete game, particularly in defence and we now have to see where we will finish in this group."
Serbia's coach Dusan Ivkovic was furious with his team's nonchalance which produced a third straight defeat and left them needing a win in their last group match against Turkey today to advance.
Spain will win the group if they beat France today but the French, led by their outstanding point guard Tony Parker, will in all likelihood be a much tougher nut to crack.
The French showed no nerves against Lithuania, who had home advantage.