On July 5, Beijing time, the U17 men's basketball World Youth Championship continued, and New Zealand finally lost to France 35-104, losing 69 points to the opponent. As one of the top teams in the Asian Division, in the face of France, one of the big favorite teams that won the World Youth Championship, New Zealand can be said to be powerless, and it was hanged by the opponent throughout the whole process, and there was no ability to fight back.
In both of their previous matches, New Zealand had suffered crushing defeats, losing 46-94 to Canada and 72-120 to Serbia. Despite the big score routs, the difference between the two games did not exceed 50 points. In this battle, against the French team, they lost nearly 70 points.
New Zealand was on a passive back as the first quarter began, with France quickly gaining the upper hand after a 5-5 start, and by the halfway point of the first quarter, they had established a double-digit lead. In the first quarter, France led New Zealand by as many as 16 points at 26-10. In the second quarter, France limited New Zealand's single-quarter scoring to 9 points, leading 50-19 at halftime.
After the easy side, france's offensive firepower slowed down slightly, scoring only 17 points in a single quarter, but New Zealand did not seize the opportunity to recover the point difference. By the end of the first three quarters, France had already led by 39 points. In the final quarter, the French team broke out again, and a small climax of 37-7 in the single quarter completely widened the point difference to 69 points.
As we all know, the New Zealand men's basketball team is one of the top teams in the Asian (Asian) basketball world. In the previous U16 Asian Youth Championship, they achieved a good result of third place in the Asian Youth Championship. Unfortunately, at this World Youth Championship, New Zealand was successively beaten by strong European and American teams, and the gap between the strength of the two sides was still very large.