Thank you all for following this third preparation of the French basketball team in Le Parisien.
The Monegasque point guard also reacted to La chaîne L’Equipe: “I think there were a lot of mistakes in my game, lost balls that I will have to not lose. It was a smart control for us to play without Victor (Wembanyama), against Germany strengthened thanks to the comeback of the Wagner brothers. I’m pleased that the staff have placed their trust in me, even though I didn’t get my project tonight because the team didn’t win. “
Nicolas Batum for the L’Equipe channel: “We work, we move forward. We had some very smart games, tonight, it’s smart, we’re informed. The Germans reacted with pride, as expected. But it is intelligent, it will be of great use to us for the future. The organization will stay together, we will get stronger. We are going to face them in 3 weeks, I can’t wait to see them back. He missed (Victor Wembanyama), he brings a. Offensively, but especially defensively, we have to be informed to play without him, but we hope he will return very soon. “
The world champions took revenge on the Blues and lost this Saturday in Cologne.
The German playmaker scores from mid-range and among the hopes of the French team.
Found through Fournier on the inside, the Frenchman receives the foul. He signed any of the pitchers.
The German gets two shots after a foul but leaves one on the way. The Blues are still one property away.
The Frenchman is facing the basket, three things away. The captain grabs the ball and returns the Blues to two issues.
Great defensive series by the Frenchman, who presses the German ball and then opposes Dennis Schröder, who beats him on a three-point shot.
The German scored a powerful shot from distance and hurt the French who were returning to the game.
After a two-man game with Fournier, the captain of the France national team planted from distance. The French national team is getting closer to Germany and returning to normal after a great period of weakness.
The young leader contributes to keeping the French national team alive with a long-range shot!
The German took advantage of a relief on the screen to face Gobert one on one. He played with him and scored from mid-range.
The outside woke up the French team after a clever three-pointer into the corner. It’s smart for Les Bleus.
The German player took advantage of the French passivity to position himself alone in the goal. Without delay he punished and his team took advantage of three possessions.
The shots multiplied but neither team managed to score at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
There is a quarter left to play in Montpellier and the French are suffering against the Germans who are very tight.
The demanding German places the Frenchman in one-on-one. He fixes it and then creates the offset to open up the gunfight. It concludes with a step back halfway through.
This time, Yabusele misses his intervention on the German, which he can easily conclude.
Aggressive, he got the scoreboard and allowed the French team to come back to two points.
A very 0/2 for Matthias Lessort on the throw line.
Once again, Les Bleus let a loose shot slip by on the way. They are 50% of the training from the start of the meeting.
Ntilikina misses a dunk in transition. In the mistake, Schröder penalizes Les Bleus with 3 points. Heavy punishment for the France national team.
The playmaker, whistled by the Montpellier crowd, missed one of his two throwers.
Evan Fournier discovers his spouse inside. In two stages it ends under the circle.
The point guard scores the foul with his left hand, but misses his shot. That’s 6/11 in training on the French side.
The German discovered the inside and scored softly under the hoop.
The German playmaker offers a recital. He manages to penetrate and score with the board.
The leader gets 3 screen emissions. Coulibaly, in turn, scores inside points in the process.
The point guard found Mo Wagner at the back and Germany deployed.
In line with their poor end to the second quarter, the French struggled to expand their game.
The German is served the circle and finishes off with the board. He now has 17 topics in this meeting.
The pivot of the French national team is fouled but hits his first shot.
The German point guard made a double team and fed Mo Wagner, who went to the hoop.
Played by Gobert, the French player receives a foul. He got one of the two pitchers from him.
Franz Wagner scored, despite intelligent defense from Cordinier. Germany took the lead for the first time in the match.
The young French player carried out a series in which he made two consecutive dunks. Here you have the photographs of the second one.
“It’s true. We lack clarity at the end of the second quarter. I came to play. There was this play in the last attack (against Schröder). I can do better, help the team more. We have to be more precise. »
Les Bleus had a very poor finish in the second quarter, allowing Germany to come back after trailing by 10 points. France lacked lucidity and moved.
After two lost finals to the French, the leader and then their winger only had to go to the basket to score and equalize.
France misses a pass in the second half and the German takes advantage of it to score inside.
The German point guard, in transition, unleashed his shot from the three-point line. It is in it that Germany returns to both possessions.
With a short shot to the center of the racket, the French center achieves a series after his block.
The center came in strong and resisted a German shot, below the rim.
The German won his duel with the French and inside.
The German is looking for a double take of the French defense. He concludes from afar.
Good fixation by Strazel that serves Coulibaly. He goes beyond the baseline and finishes with both hands in the circle!Then Germany failed to attack and the French plunged back into transition.
As precise as ever, the German switched to two bowlers and allowed his team to make contact.
The young Frenchman from Washington took advantage of a failed shot by De Colo and finished in the key.
The German, cutting into the back of the French defense, scored from a free kick and hit his shot.