Two days after an unequivocal victory over the French, the Canadian basketball team suffered the same fate – and even worse – the Lebanese at the FIBA World Cup, winning 128-73 on Sunday in Jakarta, in Indonesia. This second victory gives them access to the playoffs.
The gap of 55 points between the two formations is the largest of the 20 games played so far at this World Cup.
We wanted to keep our momentum, mentioned Trae Bell-Haynes, author of 15 points. We wanted to avoid any slack.
Nine Canadian players had more than 10 points in the game. RJ Barrett had a team-high 17. The team also totaled 44 assists, a record in a single World Cup game since this statistic was recorded in 1994.
We played as a team, we distributed the ball,” commented Canada’s head coach, Jordi Fernandez. The guys were ready to play the right way.
On the Lebanese side, the most productive was Omari Spellman, author of 16 points.
With a record of two wins in as many games, Canada sits first in Group H.
Canadians. 15th in the FIBA rankings, will face the Latvians, 29th, on Tuesday to close the group stage.
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RJ Barrett was Canada’s leading scorer with 17 points.
Photo : AP / Dita Alangkara
France, candidate for the title, eliminated in the first round
The French basketball team experienced one of the biggest disappointments in its history a year before the Paris Olympics, eliminated from the World Basketball in the first round after their defeat against Latvia in Jakarta (88-86) while that she was aiming for the title.
The Blues, crushed at the opening by the Canadians (95-65), can no longer join in one of the first two places in Group H Canada and the Latvians (two victories each).
However, they led by 12 points at the start of the last quarter (74-62) but saw the Latvians go ahead for the first time in the match 37 seconds from the end (87-86) before Sylvain Francisco missed. , three-point, siren victory shot.
With information from Agence France-Presse
2023-08-27 23:51:55
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