A triumph for her Latvia and… disaster for the France!
The “tricolors” collapsed in the fourth period with Luca Banki’s “first-time” World Cup team taking the win (88-86) and qualification to the next phase! On the other hand, the set of Vincent Collet he was also excluded from mathematics!
So the Latvians went to 2-2 and they will play the first round of the eighth in the last game against Canadawhile on the other hand the French were left without a victory.
Fatal for the “tricolors”. Evan Fournier and Sylvain Franciscoas they were misguided in the last attacks, with Rolands Schmitz to be the “hero” of the Latvians, as his composure from the shooting line put them in front, with 37.7” before the end.
Latvia’s first scorer was Arthurs Zagars with 22 points, with Rolands Schmitz to add 20p. The new player of Prometheus Patras, Arthurs Kuruksplayed for 11:25”, having 2 points (2/2b., 0/4 shooting), 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
From France, he stood out Evan Fournier with 27 points, while at 18p. stopped the Gerson Yabuselli. THE Matias Lessor of Panathinaikos played for 11:14”, having 4 points (2/2dp.) and 5 rebounds, while Mustafa Fal of Olympiakos competed for just 5:26”.
The match
From early on, France had control and the lead and with Fournier in front, they closed the first period at +7 (33-26). In the second quarter, the Latvians reacted and reduced, but the “tricolors” went to the locker room in front (53-49).
Vincent Collet’s players were in control from the start of the second half, even reaching +13 (72-59) and ending the third period at +12 (74-62).
With its excellent start in the fourth quarter, Latvia “blocked” the French and with individual scores of 3-14 came close to the point (77-76), in the 36th minute. In fact, during this time the “tricolor” lost De Colo with a second unsportsmanlike foul. From that point on, the match was a derby with France maintaining their slim lead until Schmitz’s 2/2 free throws put Banky’s team ahead (86-87) with 37.7 minutes to go. expiry. On the next drive, Fournier missed and the Zagars made 1/2 from the line, at 10”, with Francisco missing a 3-pointer at the end to give Banky’s team an 88-86 victory.
The quarters: 33-26, 53-49, 74-62, 86-88
See here the match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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