In the early morning of July 30, Beijing time, the women's basketball group stage of the Paris Olympics continued, with the host France playing against Canada. France broke out in the second quarter, with a 23-2 deficit in the first quarter to establish an advantage, and finally beat Canada 75-54 to get off to a good start, and the hosts showed their terrifying strength.
Both teams are currently the top teams in the world of women's basketball, with host France performing well in previous Olympic qualifiers and ranking second in the latest edition of the power rankings, behind the United States women's basketball team. France is led by two WNBA players, Johannes and Gabby Williams. Canada also has a number of players who play in the WNBA, such as Carlton, Nas, Edwards and others.
The two teams tightened the score in the first quarter, and Canada led 18-15. In the second quarter, Canada suddenly fell into a long scoring drought, and it was not until the end of the quarter that Carlton broke the deadlock with a layup, which was also the only goal scored by Canada in the quarter, and France took the opportunity to establish a disparity of 23-2 in a single quarter, and finally led all the way to beat Canada and get off to a good start.
France blossomed in this game, with the top scorer Badiani scoring 13 points, Williams 12, all 11 players on the field scored, and 10 of them scored more than 5 points, and the offensive points were very scattered. France's defense is also very strong, allowing the luxurious Canada women's basketball team to score only 54 points, sitting on the home court, France women's basketball team is expected to be a medal, and even expected to impact the dominance of the United States women's basketball team.