2024-08-07 01:08:44
In the tournament moved to Paris from Lille, Vincent Collet’s students defeated the Canadian national team coached by Jordi Fernandez 82:73 (23:10, 22:19, 16:21, 21:23).
It is interesting that the Canadian team included as many as 10 NBA players, including the brightest and strongest stars of the club basketball tournament – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets) and RJ Barrett (Toronto Raptors”).
In the semi-finals, the French will meet with 2023. the German national team that won the World Cup.
Guerschon Yabusele, who belongs to Real Madrid, was on the rampage in the French national team, scoring 22 points (4/5 doubles, 2/4 triples, 8/9 penalties) in 30 minutes on the field. The basketball player also rebounded 5 balls and finished the match with 22 utility points.
He was phenomenally assisted by Isaia Cordinier, who played in the last EuroLeague season for Virtus Bologna. The defender spent 25 minutes on the field, during which he scored 20 points (2/5 doubles, 4/5 triples, 4/4 penalties).
Interestingly, this was French star Victor Wembanyama’s worst match at the Olympics. The forward scored 7 points (2/4 doubles, 0/6 triples, 3/6 penalties), rebounded 12 balls and handed out 5 assists.
In addition, it is worth noting that Rudy Gobert, who is recognized as the best defensive player in the NBA four times, played just under 4 minutes in this game.
The Canadian national team was not saved by S. Gilgeous-Alexander, who played practically the entire match. The Canadian leader spent almost 37 minutes on the court, scored 27 points (8/15 doubles, 1/4 triples, 8/11 penalties), grabbed 5 rebounds, distributed 4 assists and had a performance of 23 efficiency points.
The first half was impressively started by the French hosts, who allowed the Canadian basketball players to score only 5 points in 8 minutes of the game, and finally had a solid advantage (23:10) after the first 10 minutes of the game.
In the second quarter, the hosts continued to shine in Paris. The team of Vincent Collet, who found unexpected leaders, did not allow the rivals to reduce the difference to single digits, and Frank Ntilikina, who played successfully at the end of the quarter, and Guerschon Yabusele, who scored a three-pointer, further increased the gap between the French and the Canadians (45:29).
For most of the third quarter, the French had a double-digit advantage, but with 2 minutes left in the quarter, the Canadians reduced the home team’s lead to 7 points (56:49). True, after that, the French won the section 5:1 and went into the decisive quarter with a solid lead (61:50).
The Canadians started the last quarter of the match with a 0-5 spurt and cut the French advantage in half (61:55), but after that, after scoring four points in a row, the home team led again with a double-digit difference (65:55).
Later, the teams did not score points for a while, but after that the Canadians went 0-5 and with 4 minutes left in the match, only 5 points separated the teams (65-60).
2.5 minutes before the end of the match, both teams exchanged successful episodes, but defender Evan Fournier, who scored 5 points, made the French feel safer (71:64). True, after that, Lu Dort intercepted the ball and brought the Canadians closer again (71:66), to which E. Fournier answered with precise penalties. After that, the defender made a three-pointer and a long shot with a minute left in the game to close the game (76-66).
During the rest of the time, the French did not allow the Canadians to get too close and finally celebrated the victory (82:73). In addition, E. Fournier scored as many as 12 of the 21 points of the French national team in the fourth quarter. E. Fournier himself scored a total of 15 points in this match.
France national team: Guerschon Yabusele 22 (5 rebounds), Isaia Cordinier 20, Evan Fournier 15 (1/2 doubles, 3/6 triples, 4/4 free), Mathias Lessort 13 (2/3 doubles, 9/14 penalties, 5 rebounds), Victor Wembanyama 7 (12 rebounds, 5 rebounds, 16 assists).
Canadian National Team: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 27 (8/15 doubles, 1/4 triples, 8/11 penalties, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 23 assists), RJ Barrett 16 (4/6 doubles, 2/5 points, 3 points, 3 assists, Luguentzas 8 (2/2 points, 1/4 points) , Jamal Murray 7 (2/9 doubles, 1/4 triples, 5 rpg).
Competing in Group B, the French came second among the four teams, which led to their battle with the Canadians in the quarter-finals.
Led by Victor Wembanyama, the French beat Brazil and Japan before falling to the Germans in the final match.
Meanwhile, the Canadians finished first in Group A with all three wins.
Jordi Fernandez’s team beat Australia, Greece and Spain.
2024-08-07 01:08:44