Welcome to another day of crazy games in the house of death. In the game that opened the day in Group B, France recorded a third victory in a row with the help of a late escape and 68:81 at the expense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which left Lithuania in the picture.
France – Bosnia 68:81
The tricolor went into halftime with a double-digit lead, but allowed Desnan Moussa (14 points) and his friends to get back to business during the third quarter, in which the French scored only 8 points. However, Vincent Cola’s team opened fire in the closing minutes and with the help of 18:29 in the last 10 minutes achieved the victory, rising to 1:3, while Bosnia dropped to 2:2.
Beyond the win, Kola managed to get Thomas Hertel into things. The center scored 14 points, gave 8 assists and picked up 7 rebounds, this at a time when Gershon Yabusla leads the scoring list with 15 points and when under Salim Rudy Gober does whatever he wants with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
This victory is important not only for France, but also for Lithuania, which could have been eliminated today. In any case, now the greens know that they depend on themselves, and two victories (including in the final round against Bosnia itself) will arrange their qualification.