Yugoslavs Take Title

Yugoslavia, playing its first international event after 2 1/2 years of U.N. sanctions, won basketball’s European championship in a politically charged 96-90 victory over Lithuania.

Aleksandar Djordjevic scored 41 points for the Yugoslavs in a game in which the Lithuanians nearly walked off the court with 2 minutes left to protest the officiating of George Toliver of the United States and Nikos Pitsilkas of Greece.

“We were not brave enough to do that,” Lithuanian coach Vladas Garastas said. “It was a terrible refereeing. We couldn’t go on, we couldn’t stand it. There was a political hand in the game, someone wanted to prove that Yugoslavia is the best team in Europe. We made a mistake by coming back.”