Thunderclap in Dongguan! The United States, double world champions and triple Olympic champions, were eliminated by France 89-79, Wednesday, September 11, in the quarter-finals of the World Cup-2019.
This is the first failure in official competition of a team 100% NBA since 2006, during the semifinals of the World Cup against Greece (101-95).
Evan Fournier (22 pts), Rudy Gobert (21 pts) and Nando De Colo (18 pts) brought the Blues into attack, but it is in defense that the players of Vincent Collet made the difference. The French have been able to dominate the Americans under the panels by surpassing them in the rebound (44 against 28) and making several dead ends in the last minutes. The pivot of the Utah Jazz and best defender of the NBA for two seasons, Rudy Gobert, thus ended the game with 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, all inflicted late in the game.
The French will face in the semifinals Argentina, Friday, in Beijing.
With AFP