Time to cast your vote - who was the best player of the second day of action in the August window?

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    MUNICH (Germany) - The second day of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers Second Round is behind us.

    With six games in the books, it's time to rewind and check out the best individual performances of the day.

    Who were the top performers on Friday?

    Cast your vote in the fan poll below and tell us who deserves to be named Player of the Day.

    It took a collective effort from Ukraine to hand Greece another defeat, but Oleksandr Kovliar was the best among the equals. The 24-year-old scored 18 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists, good enough for an efficiency rating of 22.

    In a lineup full of bigs, Cedi Osman gets the call for the other spot in the backcourt. Türkiye are still perfect at 7-0, while Osman led the way with 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and an efficiency rating of 26, more than enough to take down Lithuania.

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    Georgia are up at 4-3 after an all important win over Montenegro. Goga Bitadze took over with 23 points, 8 rebounds and an efficiency rating of 24, easily the best of his three games in these Qualifiers.

    Nurkic in Bosnian Beast mode

    Finally, another big deserves a mention. Jusuf Nurkic had a monster double-double of 25 points and 14 rebounds, getting a day-high efficiency rating of 28 in a thrilling victory over Italy.

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