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16.05 Surprisingly, coach Vincent Collet’s France surpasses Gregg Popovich’s USA in the debut at the Olympic tournament, replicating what happened two years ago in the quarter-finals of the Chinese world championship. Top scorer is an amazing Evan Fournier, 28 points, 4 rebounds an assist. The 18 points from Holiday and 12 from Adebayo are not enough for the Stars and Stripes Dream Team.
IT ENDS THIS! CLAMOROUS IN TOKYO, FRANCE OVERCOMES THE USA AT THE DEBUT!
83-76 2/2 Batum.
81-76 Lillard scores the first two then shoots to miss the third but a foul on Batum arrives.
Naivety of Fournier who gives three free to Lillard.
81-74 Two more free by Gobert, 15 ″ on the clock, +7 France.
79-74 1/2 Fournier, now France will also have possession.
After a review, the referees transform the foul from simple to unsportsmanlike.
Lost by the USA, then Lillard fouled Fournier, near the finish line for France.
Time out di Gregg Popovich.
78-74 2/2 De Colo, +4 France, 21 ″ to play.
Systematic foul spent by LaVine on De Colo, free.
Yabusele gets up and returns to the bench in pain, the game restarts, possession of France.
Basket that now seems bewitched for the USA who miss three consecutive triple in a single attacking action, 23 ″ to play. Game stopped with Yabusele on the ground following a fall.
76-74 TRIPLE OF FOURNIER! +2 FRANCE WITH 50 ″ TO PLAY!
73-74 1/2 Gobert.
A trip to the bezel for Rudy Gobert.
Bloody 0/2 Adebayo, possession France, 1’33 “on the clock.
Offensive rebound from Yabusele, Adebayo in the line with France in bonus.
72-74 Fournier away from the corner, 2’25 ”to play, it will be a sprint finish.
70-74 TRIPLE from Batum, 3’06 ”to play.
67-74 2/2 Booker.
Batum foul on Booker’s bow attempt, there will be three free runs for the Phoenix Suns player.
67-72 TRIPLE by LaVine, 4’00 ”on the clock, France in bonus, 2 fouls for the USA.
67-69 YABUSELE AGAIN! -2 France.
65-69 Yabusele finds a basket by falling, 5’01 ”to play.
63-69 Penetration of Holiday, the Milwaukee Bucks player reaches 18 points, time out France.
63-67 TRIPLE from the corner of Holiday, the US returns to have two possessions of advantage.
63-64 Durant makes a free throw after a technician whistled on the bench of France.
63-63 Jrue Holiday reports the match in a draw from the line. 6’57 “to play.
Time out that comes from the bench in the United States.
63-61 1/2 Fall.
Green’s foul that sends Moustapha Fall to the line.
62-61 Holiday on the line brings Team USA back to -1, 7’50 ”to play before the siren.
62-59 TRIPLE by Holiday.
The first minute passes without any points on the scoresheet.
START THE FOURTH AND LAST FOURTH!
THE THIRD FOURTH ENDS!
62-56 TRIPLE BY HEURTEL! Maximum advantage France on +6, partial of 25-11 in favor of Collet’s men in the third quarter.
59-56 DE COLO DA THREE! +3 France, 1’15 “on the clock of the third quarter.
56-56 Support for Holiday’s scoreboard, parity.
56-54 1/2 for Nando De Colo in the bezel.
55-54 TRIPLE OF DE COLO! France put their heads ahead with 2’33 ”to play in the third quarter.
52-54 Two free by Tatum bring Team USA back.
52-52 Inside the additional free, tie 3’43 ”from the end of the third quarter.
51-52 POIRIER! Basket with the foul suffered by Adebayo, potential three-player game.
49-52 Fournier placed, there are 22 for him, France again with only one possession at a disadvantage.
47-52 TRIPLE by Tatum, 5’19 ”on the clock.
47-49 Fournier in penetration, now the transalpines believe it.
Ball lost by the USA in attack, France regains possession.
US alarm with Kevin Durant on his fourth personal foul, coach Popovich calls time out to put his team back in order.
45-49 GOBERT CRUSH! -4 France, 7’09 “on the clock.
43-49 TRIPLE by Fournier from the corner, the Boston Celtics player reaches 18 in the game, top scorer.
40-49 Adebayo answers from the other side.
40-47 TRIPLE by Fournier.
37-47 Placed by Durant, +10 United States.
THE SECOND HALF BEGINS!
14.56 See you soon for the second half of France-USA on OA Sport.
14.54 These are the numbers of the first 20 ‘, France: 15/22 from 2, 1/11 from three and 6/9 to the free; USA: 12/21 from 2, 7/17 from 3 and 6/6 in the bezel.
14.52 The first half ends at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo with Gregg Popovich’s Team USA eight points ahead of coach Vincent Collet’s France. 15-22 and 22-23 the partials of the first two quarters, top-scorer Evan Fournier with 12 points, the best among the Americans are Edrice Femi Adebayo with 10 and Damian Lillard with 9.
THE FIRST TIME ENDS!
37-45 Gobert nails a triple to the basket on De Colo’s iron.
35-45 TRIPLE OF HOLIDAY! 35 ″ on the stopwatch.
35-42 Fournier in penetration brings France back to -7.
After Tatum’s breakthrough, France regained possession with 1’30 ”on the second quarter clock.
33-42 Ball recovered from the USA and LaVine flies to crush undisturbed, this time Collet calls the time out.
33-40 TRIPLE by LaVine, coming out of the time out, 2’11 “at half time.
33-37 Excellent offensive circulation by France and a dunk by Gobert, Popovich calls time out on the -4 transalpine.
31-37 1/2 Holiday, 3’20 ”to play, 3-2 the situation fouls.
Travel in the bezel for Jrue Holiday.
31-36 CRUSH by Gobert, 3’41 ”at the interval.
29-36 Two free by Adebayo who reaches double figures.
29-34 Penetration of De Colo.
Time out USA.
27-33 Fournier’s placement.
25-33 After a review, the referees transform a previous Booker’s triple into a two-man basket.
25-34 LILLARD FOR THREE! 6’14 “on the clock, maximum USA advantage over +9.
25-31 Heurtel’s placement.
23-31 Penetration of Adebayo.
23-29 CRUSH by Gobert, France for now responds blow by blow.
21-29 TRIPLA di Damian Lillard.
21-26 Booker responds from the other side, 7’32 ”on the clock.
21-24 Placed by De Colo.
19-24 2/2 McGee.
Bezel trip for McGee.
19-22 Luwawu Kongbo in penetration.
17-22 TWO-HANDED CRUSH OF FALL!
THE SECOND FOURTH BEGINS!
THE FIRST FOURTH ENDS!
15-22 2/2 Fall, 16 ″ at the end of the first quarter.
Free for Moustapha Fall.
1’23 ”to close the first quarter of the race.
13-22 Another Jayson Tatum basket in entry, France goes to time out.
13-20 Green’s block on Luwawu, on the other side Tatum scores in penetration.
2’04 ”on the clock in the first quarter, USA in bonus, three fouls for France.
13-18 2/2 Fall, 2’54 “to play.
Foul by Jonhson who sends Fall on the line.
11-18 Holiday’s assist for Durant, maximum USA advantage! 3’59 “to play.
11-16 TRIPLE by LILLARD!
11-13 Fournier in penetration.
9-13 Dunk by Adebayo.
9-11 TRIPLE BY KEVIN DURANT.
9-8 Assist by Adebayo for Green, 6’15 ”to play in the first period.
9-6 TRIPLA by Fournier.
7’13 ”on the first quarter clock, the USA ran out of bonus, a foul for France.
6-6 Place of Lillard.
6-4 1/2 Gobert.
A trip to the bezel for Rudy Gobert.
5-4 Adebayo assist for Durant’s placement, 8’16 ‘on the clock.
5-2 Inside the additional free.
4-2 FOURNIER! Penetration basket with foul immediately, potential three-player game.
2-2 Green immediately equalized the score on the other side.
2-0 Yabusele signs the first two points of the match
LET’S GO! BALL TWO!
13.57 Three minutes to the duo ball of the match!
13.55 US anthem.13.56 French anthem.
13.54 QUINTETS; FRANCE: Batum, De Colo, Fournier, Gobert e Yabusele; USA: Adebayo, Durant, Green, LaVine, Lillard.
13.52 The presentation of the teams to the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo.
13.50 Although many stars have not responded positively to the trip to Japan, such as Lebron James, James Harden, Kyrie Irving or Steph Curry, the USA can still have a practically unattainable roster for anyone, and led by Kevin Durant, a veteran of the London golds 2012 and Rio 2016.
13.45 There are 6 precedents between the USA and France at the Olympics, all won by the stars and stripes national team.
13.40 The two teams have been included in group A, with the Czech Republic and Iran, facing each other today in a match that saw the victory of the Czechs (84-78). The Olympic tournament is made up of twelve teams divided into three groups of four, the first two of each group and the two best third parties will pass to the quarter-finals.
13.35 The USA of coach Gregg Popovich will seek revenge with France after the elimination suffered at the hands of the transalpines at the 2019 World Championship in China.
13.30 Good afternoon friends and friends of OA Sport and welcome to the text LIVE LIVE of France-USA, match valid for the first day of the men’s basketball tournament of the Tokyo Olympics.
Good evening friends of OA Sport and welcome to the textual DIRE TTA LIVE of France-USA, a match valid for the first day of the men’s basketball tournament of the Tokyo Olympics. At the Saitama Super Arena a big match is immediately staged in group A.
It is the day of the debut of the coach’s “Dream Team” Gregg Popovich in Tokyo, in a re-edition of the 2019 World Cup quarter-finals in China, where the France with a 79-89. However, the USA arrives at this event with a completely renewed roster compared to that of two years ago. In the list of 12 the name that stands out by far is that of Kevin Durant, star of the Brooklyn Nets, who will go hunting for the third gold in a row after those of London 2012 and Rio 2016. There will also be Damian Lillard, Zach Lavine e Jayson Tatum, and in the long department Bam Adebayo e Draymond Green.
The France of coach Vincent Collet it also has a very high quality roster, which can, in no uncertain terms, aim for the medal. The veterans from the Chinese World Cup, concluded by the French in third place are seven: Batum, Fournier, Gobert, Ntilikina, Albicy, De Colo and Poirier. The star is without a doubt Rudy Gobert, center of the Utah Jazz, one of the five French militants in NBA. The others are Nicolas batum, Los Angeles Clippers winger, Evan Fournier, Boston Celtics winger, Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brooklyn Nets winger e Frank Ntilikina, play-guardia dei New York Knicks.
OA Sport offers you LIVE LIVE from France-USA, a match valid for the first day of group A of the Olympic basketball tournament. Two ball scheduled at 14.00 Italian (21.00 local) at the Saitama Super Arena Tokyo, where it will be played behind closed doors. Have fun with our news in real time.
Photo: Lapresse
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