2023-08-28 02:22:51
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The essential
France was eliminated from the Basketball World Cup in the first round. Les Bleus lost to Latvia, a novice in the competition (88-86). If they raced in the lead, the Tricolores lost collapsed in the money-time, while the Latvians made their address speak. The Habs had started the World Cup in the worst possible way by losing 30 points against Canada. They will face Lebanon on Tuesday, in the last game of the first round.
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17:48
Gobert: “Not up to our team”
“We all have our own ideas. We can look at the referees, who are not worthy of a competition of this level. But that’s not the reason why we’re not the team we should be. We give too many rebounds, we lose too many balls, we lack rigor… we had a good state of mind in this match. We started well, in the right way, the Latvians played physical, they put the shots when necessary, took the rebounds when necessary, but it is not up to our team to be eliminated in the first round. of the World Cup, reacted Gobert to the microphone of beinsports.
Our team is beautiful, but being beautiful is good, but you have to get your hands dirty on the pitch. Unconsciously, the fact that we were expected a little too much, we forgot what we were there for, what our strength was, playing hard, impacting the teams, playing together, I take 99% responsibility for it, each match we have been the toughest team. No matter the talent and the names, we are not going to be rewarded if we are not. The basketball gods reward the toughest and we’ve only been on AC. »
17:45
Batum: “I messed up my last World Cup”
“In the heat, it’s a big disappointment, we broke down mentally and physically, we weren’t together, they were very strong, we can’t take that away from them, this match characterizes what happened. passed for 5-6 weeks. We have already shown that we are a very good team, we were at the top of the world, we did not show it today and during this campaign. Everyone must question themselves, coach, players, federation. We are depriving ourselves of certain players, everyone has to be together, launched Batum on Bein.
It was my last World Cup. I missed summers but I gave everything for this fucking jersey. And when we deprive ourselves of certain guys, in competitions like that… we’re fucking together, we’ve been putting things in place for years, we could be champions. We messed up, of course, us players, but there is a big questioning to be made of many people. We will need everyone in Paris, the best conditions. We have a year, we will need the best team in France possible. I messed up my last World Cup, it really pisses me off. »
17:30
Second fatal defeat
After their brutal loss against the Canadians, the Blues did not raise their heads against Latvia. France counted up to twelve points in advance, before cracking in the last quarter, overtaken by too many losses of ball (20).
40th. 86-88, France is eliminated
Fournier makes the mistake. Zagars goes on the line and misses one of his two throws… 10 seconds to get the victory but Francisco fails: France is eliminated from the World Cup.
40e. 86-87
There are 37 seconds left on the clock, possession France. Fournier, Yabusele and Gobert miss each other. The Blues are slow to make a mistake, there are 14 seconds left.
40e. 86-87
France fails at three points and opens the door to a return of the Latvians. Gobert is sanctioned and Smits goes on the line. 2/2… Collet takes a time out, France is back against the wall more than ever.
40e. 86-85
Smits is hot. It is stretched !
39e. 86-83
Fournier is aggressive and will look for the fault. He too is calm on the throwing line. 2/2 and three points ahead.
39e. 84-83
Batum loses the swell and offers an equalizing ball to the Latvians. Gobert fouls Bertans, who goes to throws. Strong mentally, he fits both.
38e. 84-81
Fournier misses an open shot, Gobert gives the Blues a second chance… Francisco misses.
37e. 84-81
The vista of Francisco who serves Gobert! Gobzilla dunks and restores a three-point margin.
37e. 82-81
The baskets multiply. Latvia come back to one point thanks to Kurucs.
36e. 80-76
New cover from Gobert! But Latvia scores on the next possession. Luckily, “Batman” pops up. Batum scores at three points, shifted by Francisco.
35e. 77-74
Collet asks for time out! The Blues are overwhelmed as the Latvians have returned to possession. France only scored three points in this last quarter.
35e. 77-72
Francisco fails at three points, Smits too, but Bertans takes the rebound and scores at three points. It’s hot !
34e. 77-69
Gobert is destabilized by Bertans, who is also sanctioned with an unsportsmanlike. The pivot succeeds in his two free throws and possession remains French.
34e. 75-69
New fault caused by Zagars which brings Latvia to 6 points, leaving a free throw on the way.
34e. 75-68
De Colo is sanctioned with an unsportsmanlike foul, while Kurucs seemed to have given him an armbar. The French challenged, but he is out of the floor. Both free throws are scored by Kurucs.
33e.75-66
Big defense from Tarpey, which forces Smits out of the field. Both teams have a hard time chaining the baskets.
32e. 75-66
Zagars misses his two free throws, but Francisco loses control of the ball. Luckily, Tarpey got his second interception. He even gets a foul and scores a free throw out of two.
32e. 74-66
Unsteady pass from Batum. Watch out for the return of the Latvians! Tarpey concedes the fault. Timeout. Collet advises his players to take more of their time to put their game in the opposing half of the field.
31e. 74-66
New turnover for the Blues, who force the loss of the ball in stride. Batum is found at three points but misses his shot. Zagars goes in transition, also misses, but Yabusele does not grab the rebound. On the throw-in, Smits goes to dunk.
31e. 74-64
Successful penetration for Zagars. Lessorts the counter but touches the ball in its downward phase, basket granted.
30e. 74-62
A loss of ball from Fournier makes the Blues fear last minute points for the Latvians. But Kurucs misses his shot and the Habs complete the third quarter with a 12-point lead.
30e. 74-62
Quarter ends are Fournier’s backyard in this game. He takes a very complicated two-point shot. Filoche!
29e. 72-62
Defensive error, Zoriks is alone behind the arc: it’s inside.
28e. 72-59
Gobert sends his first counter! And on the other side, Yabusele dominates. The Madrilenian plays high post and scores with a nice hook.
27e. 70-59
The French are more serious in defense. Tarpey intercepts, Yabusele hinders Bertans well on the next possession. But the Blues do not take advantage of these two stops on the other side of the field. Franciso loses the ball. Still 11 points ahead.
27e. 70-59
Good for the Blues! They steal the ball and Fournier will end up in the basket. A new lay-up to give the French more than 10 points. The Latvian coach is forced to take a time out.
26e. 68-59
After a Latvian air-ball, the Blues go back on the attack. La Flèche Francisco manages possession, he scores three points, he was far from the line!
25e. 65-59
Gobert fails to score but gets the free throws. 2/2!
25e. 63-59
And-one for Kurucs. He plays Fournier at the low post, gets the foul and scores at two points. Lancer france succeeds as a bonus.
24th 63-56
Zagars steals the swell from the French and causes the fault… but he misses his two free throws.
23e. 63-56
Latvia offers a second possession in a row, Smits scores with a simple floater.
23e. 63-52
Three-point Guerschon!!! The French number 7 is already at 16 points.
22e. 60-52
Yabusele causes the fault and succeeds in his two throws. Big game from Madrid.
22e. 58-52
Smits scores the first 3 point of this period for the Latvians.
22e. 58-49
Yabusele and Fournier pass the ball from hand to hand. The back uses the screen of his partner, rises to 3 points: swish.
21e. 55-49
Big work with his back to the basket of Yabusele, who sinks his vis-à-vis. He launched the French third quarter perfectly.
Fournier top scorer
The former Orlando Magic player scored 18 points. Batum is also in phase with his shot, while he could be blamed for not trying enough (10 points).
Opposite, Davis Bertans, his brother Dairis, Rolands Smits and Kristers Zoriks took turns scoring, with great skill.
MI-TIME. 53-49
It’s the end of the second quarter. The Blues resist the last Latvian possession. Bertans misses his three-point shot and the players enter the locker room.
20e. 53-49
Answer from Fournier. In the right corner, he sanctions and restores four points ahead of Collet’s men.
19e. 50-49
Fournier loses the swell, Zoriks takes the opportunity to score at the end of the counter.
18e. 48-44
Latvian return alert. Zoriks scores from three points. Latvia are very skilful behind the arc.
17e. 45-39
Bertans is found in the corner, filoche.
17e. 45-36
De Colo gets the foul after penetrating. On the throw-in, he finds Batum, who scores from long range.
16e. 42-36
Lessort manages to get well under the basket and scores, while opposite, Zargas is still effective.
15e. 40-33
In the left corner, Batum fakes the shot, his defender throws himself and commits the fault by touching the arm of the Frenchie. “Batman” goes on the line and converts 2 of his 3 free throws.
15e. 38-33
Zagars scored his first 3-point shot.
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