19-0 breakthrough for Turkey, France makes an incredible save and wins the thriller in overtime – Basketball – Sportacentrs.com

• At the beginning of the match, the Turks had huge problems in the positional basketball offered by France to get quality shots, as well as to realize the shots that Turkey managed to make. In the first five minutes, the Turks scored just two, while after seven minutes, France had a nine-point lead (13:4).

• In the first half, the French mostly controlled the events on the field, temporarily accumulating a 16-point lead (31:15) in the second quarter. Before the 15-minute break, the Turks managed to get closer to a more hopeful eight-point deficit (35:43).

• In the third quarter of the game, the Turks managed to make a 19-0 breakthrough, leaving the French national team behind for seven and a half (!) minutes dry, which allowed Turkey to meet the final ten minutes with an eight-point advantage (57:49).

• After more than three minutes, the score was 49-44 in favor of France, when Bugrahan Tuncher, who hit three consecutive three-pointers in a few minutes, broke the long period of silence between the two teams.

• The Turks started the fourth act of the match with an inaccurate shot from under the basket, giving France the opportunity to go on a quick counterattack, which was successfully completed by Timothe Louvau-Cabarro with a difficult rebound shot.

• In exciting basketball, France quickly eliminated the minuses on the scoreboard, and also took the lead at times, however, the French did not manage to gain a bigger advantage, as a result of which the spectators were greeted by a last minute filled with various events.

• Evan Fournier started it with a precise pass (73:72). In the next attack, Fournier fouled Furkan Korkmaz, who then took a long shot from the corner. Korkmaz proved his resilience by convincingly making all three free throws (75:73).

• The next attack was foiled by the French, with Fournier stepping on the finish line. In the next seconds, the teams scored two more points each, with Turkey maintaining a two-point lead (77:75).

• The decision of the referees to give the Frenchman Luvavu-Cabarro an unsportsmanlike note when he committed a deliberate, but at the time, necessary foul turned out to be very controversial. However, the Turks gave the French team a chance to save themselves, as Djedi Osman missed both free kicks and the Turks lost the ball in attack.

• The French national team succeeded pluck out draw (77:77), Rudy Gobert hitting a Fournier rebound.

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• In addition, France started the five-minute time limit with four points in a row, which successfully found its trump card, Gobert, at the bottom of the basket. If the French in their attacks stormed bottom of the basket, then the Turks chose more often to look for luck in shots from the perimeter, Furkan Korkmaz hitting two threes in a row.

• Rudy Gobert missed two free throws with 13 seconds left in overtime. Turkey, with the result being 86:87, had the opportunity to finish the game with a favorable action, instead, Korkmaz “stuck” in the French defense, losing the ball.

• The French dominated the battle at the bottom of the basket today, collecting 14 more rebounds (45-31).

• Gobers was the most productive basketball player of the winners with 20 points (7/11 – 2p., 6/11 – sm) and 17 steals. Thomas Ertel and Evan Fournier scored 13 points each, and they also had seven assists and six rebounds, respectively.

• In the ranks of the Turkish national team, six long shots were made by Bugrahan Tuncer, while 18 points (2/5 – 2p., 2/7 – 3p., 8/9 – sm) and six errors were scored by Furkan Korkmaz.

• After a seven-year break, the French, who have reached the quarter-finals of EuroBasket, will face the winner of the match between Serbia and Italy on September 14.

Turkey – France 86:87 P (11:18, 24:25, 22:6, 20:28, 9:10)
Turkey: Tunchers 22 (4 rp), Korkmaz 18 (6 kl.), Shanli 12 (7 ab, 5 note), Osmans 11 (6 ab, 5 rp), Hazer 8 (6 rp), Shengin 8 (5 ab), Osmani 7, Bitim, Mahmutoglu, Shaibir, Kabacha.
In France: Gobert 20 (17 ab, 4 notes), Ertel 13 (7 rp, 4 ab, 5 kl.), Fournier 13 (6 ab, 4 kl.), Luvavu-Kabaro 9 (6 ab, 5 notes), in Yabusele 9, Mbaye 9, Poirier 6, Falls 4 (4 ab), Tarpee 2, Albissy 2, Okobo, Maledon (did not play).

EuroBasket 2022 round of 16

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