Olympic warm-up match: France men's basketball loses to Canada Wemban 10+7 Alexander 23+5+5

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2024-07-20 06:21Posted in Jiangxi Sports Creator

On July 20, Beijing time, the 2024 Olympic warm-up match between France men's basketball team and Canada men's basketball team, the two Olympic gold favorites faced off. The Canada men's basketball team had three quarters to limit the France men's basketball team to less than 20 points in a single quarter, and finally the France men's basketball team lost 73-85 to the Canada men's basketball team suffered three consecutive defeats, and the Canada men's basketball team won the first warm-up game.

Statistics

France men's basketball: Wembanyama 10 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Gobert 12 points and 6 rebounds, Yabsele 19 points.

Canada men's basketball: Alexander 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Barrett 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists (3-of-4 from three-point range), Olynyk 14 points.

Game recap

The France men's basketball team achieved a 2-2 record in the first four warm-up games, the first two were a 96-46 victory over the Turkey men's basketball team and a 90-66 victory over the Germany men's basketball team, the next two games were 65-70 defeat to the Germany men's basketball team and 67-79 to the Serbia men's basketball team, and the Canada men's basketball team lost to the United States men's basketball team 72-89 in the first warm-up game.

The two sides met at the 2023 Basketball World Cup, when Canada beat France 95-65. In the inaugural Olympic men's basketball power rankings, the host France men's basketball team ranked third, behind the United States men's basketball team and Germany men's basketball team, but they are ranked 9th in the world, while Canada is ranked 5th in the men's basketball power rankings and 7th in the world.

The Canada men's basketball team was the third-place team in last year's Basketball World Cup, with a 12-man roster of 10 active NBA players, led by Alexander, and France led by Wembanyama and Gobert. Now that the two sides met in the warm-up game, the Canada men's basketball team played an extremely good defense, and they limited the France men's basketball team to only 19 points in the first quarter to take a 25-19 lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the France men's basketball team fought back, they recovered two points in a single quarter 21-19, and the Canada men's basketball team only led the France men's basketball team by only four points at 44-40 at the end of the first half.

However, entering the second half of the game, the Canada men's basketball team limited the France men's basketball team to less than 20 points in a single quarter for two consecutive quarters, they won by 2 points 20-18 in the third quarter, and 6 points in the fourth quarter 21-15, and gradually extended the double-digit lead in the second half, and finally the Canada men's basketball team defeated the France men's basketball team 85-73, and the France men's basketball team suffered three consecutive defeats in the warm-up game.

Alexander and Barrett combined for 44+9+8 data, Canada men's basketball double gun performance is excellent, on the other hand, France men's basketball twin towers combined only 22+13 data, on the contrary, Yabsele scored a team-high 19 points.

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