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World #7 France survives World #16 Slovenia, 90-89 in the knockout semifinal of the Men's Basketball 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Thursday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Nando De Colo led France with 25 points (8/17 FG, 3/5 3PT), 7 rebounds and 5 assists while Evan Fournier added 23 points (8/16 FG, 4/6 3PT), 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Les Bleus spoiled Luka Doncic's triple-double performance of 16 points (5/18 FG, 2/9 3PT), 18 assists, 10 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.
France will face Team USA in the gold medal match while the Slovenia will battle Australia for the bronze medal.
Luka Doncic loses for the first time with Slovenia in the cruelest manner.
— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) August 5, 2021
A Batum block sends France to the Olympic final.
What an epic game.
The Scores:
FRANCE 90 - De Colo 25, Fournier 23, Cabarrot 15, Yabusele 9, Gobert 9, Heurtel 6, Batum 3, Fall 0, Ntilikina 0, Poirier DNP, Albicy DNP, Cornelie DNP.
SLOVENIA 89 - Tobey 23, Prepelic 17, Doncic 16, Blazic 14, Cancar 11, Dimec 4, Hrovat 3, Dragic 1, Muric 0, Nikolic 0, Cebasek DNP, Rupnik DNP.
Quarters: 27-29, 42-44, 71-65, 90-89. [FULL GAME STATS]
Epic block by Nic Batum to beat Slovenia and hand Luka his first loss in international play (previously 17-0).
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) August 5, 2021
It's now Team USA vs. France at 10:30pm EST on Friday night for the gold medal.pic.twitter.com/XJI2iYMGrV
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