Home side in the final
France’s basketball players send world champions home
Just like three years ago in Tokyo, France has reached the final of the Olympic men's basketball tournament. The home team beat world champions Germany 73:69 (33:33) in a dramatic semi-final in Paris on Thursday.
In the final on Saturday evening (9.30 p.m.) in the Bercy Arena, the team led by NBA youngster Victor Wembanyama will face either defending champions and top favorites USA or runners-up Serbia with Nikola Jokic.
Yabusele shines
France showed a clear improvement on their 71:85 defeat against Germany in the group phase. France's best scorer was Guerschon Yabusele with 17 points. Wembanyama did not really get going for a long time, but the 20-year-old ended up with eleven points, seven rebounds and four assists. Dennis Schröder was the top scorer for the Germans with 18 points, while his NBA colleague Franz Wagner scored ten.
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