- Narration: So we live the game
France got this Sunday, commanded by a great Nando de Colo , his second consecutive bronze in a World Cup, by defeating an intermittent Australia 67-59 and that went deflating during the course of the match. Australia, which caressed the medal in most of the match (led the scoreboard for 32 minutes), nevertheless got the best World Cup ranking in its history. [Narration and statistics: 67-59]
The base of the San Antonio Spurs Patty Mills starred in the first advantage of the Australians against a France that was more apathetic on the track at the beginning and would not wake up until the middle of the third quarter. Mills was also in charge of converting the free kick of the technique that Gobert was beaten for a 'hitch' he had with Dellavedova (who took three fouls in attack that made Europeans desperate).
In the early stages, Australia seemed to be more team than a France that could not find the way to the hoop. The departure of Nando De Colo to the track in the 6th minute served to finish the partial 0-5 of the Australians with a close shot. It was the one who worked best on the track among those of Vincent Collet , and closed the room with a triple on the horn that rose 11-16 to the scoreboard. He did not enter who tried to resume the game, and he managed to add three Joe Ingles in the next play, to stretch the Australian advantage to 8 points (English scored 11 points in that act).
France worked more in attack in this room and reached four (18-22, minute 16), which returned to be eight the next minute. At rest, nine: 21-30. The result, rather than a great defense, was due to a lack of success, particularly from France, which had 8 of 32 in field shots.
Comeback in the second part
France squeezed in the third quarter, and came to down to 10 an Australian advantage that had gone until 15. A powerful Poirier mate broke down the psychological barrier of 10, which replaced English with a penetration. De Colo seemed the only one of the French really interested in repeating the bronze medal they won in the 2014 World Cup and placed theirs to six, a difference that later reduced to four Fourier, the only other French "present" on the track.
That was the gap with which the match arrived in the absence of the final 10 minutes: 42-46. As soon as the last period began, a triple of De Colo placed the French at 1, and he was himself in charge of putting the team ahead with two free throws (32 minute). A triple of the new Fenerbahce player in the following attack underpinned that French advantage, the first of the match. In 33, the match was tied at 50 and, from there, the alternation on the scoreboard was constant. De Colo was also decisive in the final minutes of the game, and finished with 19 points (almost a third of his team), 3 assists and 2 steals , giving the bronze to a France that woke up in time.
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