We can breathe, France has just won its first match of this EuroBasket 2022 (recovery right here)! This success, she owes in large part to Terry Tarpey, established in place of Elie Okobo for this match against Lithuania. Man in the shadows par excellence, the Franco-American delighted us with his Kawhiesque activity in defense and even his skill in decisive moments.
What a gem this Tarpey! True leader of the French role players during tonight’s match, the Le Mans winger (whom we presented to you right here) will therefore have spent the meeting pissing off the Lithuanians with his irreproachable activity. Considered as the surprise guest of the Blues squad, Terry is starting to really make an impression and could well have secured his starting spot for the next match against Hungary. Offensively, double T was also valuable and finished with 8 points at 3/4 on shots, including 2/2 at 3-pointers. One of his award-winning shots also allowed us to shout a big shot while a very bad money time was approaching. Trouble with the neighbors but it’s for a good cause.
Ton short @Taarpey pic.twitter.com/uH0Ak6Mx75
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) September 3, 2022
Defensively, the super active Terry, present on all passing lines, made the evening of the Lithuanians much more complicated than expected. His association with Andrew Albicy on the back line of the Blues pushed our evening opponents to poop and lose precious balls at the end of the match. The Tarpézien report of the evening? 4 interceptions, 1 against and this by committing only one fault. You get to know the guy, who also couldn’t help but scrounge 2 offensive rebounds. On arrival, he is the second most effective player of the match (16 in the evaluation) behind Evan Fournier (24), his teammates are very proud of him and it seems that this EuroBasket 2022 has become for him THE moment. to shine.
Terry Tarpey the hero of the evening! “He changes the course of the match,” said Rudy Gobert.
???? “I’ve worked for this all my life,” says the MSB winger. pic.twitter.com/6crpZoOFIa
— Alexandre Lacoste (@Alex__Lacoste) September 3, 2022
Terry Tarpey was extremely valuable tonight. Like the team, his attitude was much more reassuring than during the match against the Germans. After winning a starting spot (at least for this game), we could even offer him a new nickname. Terry tarpin strong? Terry Torpedo? Terry are you scared? These are proposals, you do what you want with them.
Source : Twitter / @FRABasketball / @Alex__Lacoste
