The French won the match in Montpellier with a score of 80:69 (21:15, 21:22, 18:18, 20:14).
Evan Fournier led the French team with 20 points and eight fouls, Rudy Gobert had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Eli Okobo had 12 points and seven assists.
Nikola Vucevičs stood out for the opponents with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
France defeated Tunisia 93-36 in a test match in Pau on Monday.
The French have to meet Latvia, Canada and Lebanon in the subgroup of the first stage of the World Cup.
The final tournament of the World Cup, in which the Latvian national team will play for the first time in history, will be held from August 25 to September 10 in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
France men’s basketball team:
Nicolas Batum (Los Angeles Clippers, NBA), Nando de Colo (Villeurban ASVEL), Evan Fournier (New York Knicks, NBA), Mustafa Fall (Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece), Sylvain Francisco (Peristeri, Greece) , Rudy Gobert (Minnesota “Timberwolves”, NBA), Matias Lessor (Athens “Panathinaikos”, Greece), Frank Nilikina (Dallas “Mavericks”, NBA), Eli Okobo, Yakuba Utarra (both – “Monaco”), Terry Terpy ( Le Mans “Sarthe”), Gershon Yabusele (Real Madrid, Spain).
2023-08-02 21:03:36
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