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FIBA World Cup News: France blows out Czech Republic, 95-60

Brandon King

France tipped off their second stage of 2023 World Cup Qualifiers in resounding fashion by laying a 95-60 smack down on the Czech Republic. Despite being without Tomas Satoransky, Jaromir Bohacik and Vit Krejci, the Czech Republic carried a 42-38 lead into the half, but the French defense choked out the Czech offense in the second half, only allowing 18 points. The Czech Republic were outscored 60-20 in the painted area and shot a frigid 35.5% from the field. The second half was delayed due to an issue with one…

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Eurobasket News: France cuts William Howard

Brandon King

Friday the French Federation of Basketball announced that William Howard was cut from the senior national team. The 28-year-olf forward was cut after the last friendly game against Belgium, which France won, 90-71. This trim the French team down to 12 players, which is the roster size allowed by FIBA rules. Though they are at the required size, the squad is not cemented as the team is waiting to see if Moustapha Fall and Andrew Albicy can recover from their injuries in time to play in the upcoming international competitions.…

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EuroBasket News: France beats up Belgium,90-71

Brandon King

France defeated a Belgium team that managed to hang around for one half of competitive basketball, Belgium only trailed by nine, 44-35 at halftime, before ultimately being dispatched, 90-71. Belgium’s frigid shooting, just 34.4% from the floor, and inability to stop the French offensive attack proved to be their undoing. For the victorious “Bleus”. Thomas Heurtel led the way with 13 points and 6 assists; Rudy Robert scored 12 points Fournier chipped in 10 points and 5 rebounds of his own. Retin Obasohan paced Belgium with 14 points and Jonathan…

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EuroBasket 2022 News: Frank Ntilikina ruled out

Brandon King

The French Federation of Basketball announed on Friday that Frank Ntilikina will not be available for EuroBasket 2022 and the next round of World Cup Qualifiers due to an undisclosed injury as reported by eurohoops.net. The 24-year-old Dallas Mavericks point guard is fourth player from the French national team to go down with an injury, joining Moustapha Fall, Andrew Albicy, and Victor Wembyama. Coach Vincent Collet indicated he does not intend to bring in a player to replace Ntilikina, but 46 overall plck in the 2022 NBA draft, Ismael Kalagate…

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FIBA News: Evan Fournier disagrees with French Federation player ban

Brandon King

French basketball star has a difference of opinion with the French Federation’s decision to bar all players and coaches who play for, or work for Russian and Belarusian teams as the war in Ukraine rages on. Apparently the Federation compelled players and coaches sign a document saying they would not work with such teams. Fournier, intamated that he begrudgingly signed the document , saying this too BeBasket: “I’m not a fan of this type of thing, to be honest. I signed it for the good of the team. There are…

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Olympic Hoops: France edges Slovenia to advance to gold medal game

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The gold medal game against the USA follows for France By Johnny Askounis at eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net A thrilling encounter leads France to the win, 90-89, over Slovenia and to the Olympic Games gold medal game. It came down to Nicolas Batum blocking Klemen Prepelic in the dying seconds of the exciting semifinal. His side on the slimmest of leads moves on to Saturday’s gold medal game versus Team USA. The Blues had defeated the United States in their Tokyo opener. Also, most players were on the 2019 FIBA World Cup squad that knocked…

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Olympic Hoops: Gobert and Fournier power France to semis

Brandon King

France will face Slovenia in the Olympics semifinal for a chance to return to the podium By Eurohoops team at Eurohoops.net /info@eurohoops.net It was a tough battle but France came through to beat Italy 84-75 to advance to the Olympic tournament semifinals on Tuesday. Les Bleus will face Slovenia for a ticket to the grand final on Saturday. Rudy Gobert took charge for Vincent Collet’s squad, posting 22 points, 9 rebounds. Evan Fournier, who has just moved to the New York Knicks, followed with 21 points, while veteran Nicolas Batum paced the team with 15…

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International Hoops: France rolls Czech Republic to advance to quarters

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The French were unstoppable for the most part of the game. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net France rolled over the Czech Republic  97 – 77 to double its wins in the Olympic Games and advance to the quarterfinals as first in Group A. After leading France past Team USA, Evan Fournier was once again the top scorer for his national team with 21 points on 8-13 shots. Nando De Colo added 17 points, Vincent Poirier had 14 points and Thomas Heurtel scored 11 and dished out seven assists for Le Bleus that…

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International Hoops: France’s Evan Fournier on playing United States: We have to show these guys that we’re not going to back down

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Evan Fournier sent a strong message after the win over Team USA By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net France opened up the Olympics with a big win over Team USA, stopping their dominance in the competition which lasted the past 17 years as they went on a 24-0 record. Evan Fournier was the one displaying heroics with a 28-point performance and he explained post-game what allowed him to do so, compared to his run with Boston. “I have a different role (compared to the NBA). The team wants me to score. I have to…

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France hands USA stunning 83-76 loss

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From Kels Dayton at nba.com Box Score First quarter The U.S. came out of the gates strong in the first quarter, outscoring France 22-15. Kevin Durant led the way with an early seven points on 3-of-4 shooting. Bam Adebayo added six in the first quarter. Fresh off of their teams’ runs to the NBA Finals, Milwaukee’s Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton and Phoenix’s Devin Booker all saw action early in the game. Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum also got on the board for the United States. Celtics forward Evan Fournier…

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