The French basketball team pulled off a huge success in the semi-finals of the Olympic Games against Slovenia's Luka Doncic (90-89).

Nicolas Batum, with a fabulous counter on the last action of the game, allowed the Blues to qualify for the final against Team USA.

Simply giant. 

Giant, extraordinary, fabulous: words fail to qualify the incredible qualification of the Blues of basketball for the final of the Olympic Games, Thursday in Tokyo. The France team snatched an already legendary victory against Slovenia from Luka Doncic (90-89), after an unbreathable semi-final from start to finish. Nicolas Batum was the tricolor hero of a monstrous counter on the last Slovenian action, in the last second of the game, like LeBron James in the NBA finals against the Golden State Warriors. Nando de Colo and Evan Fournier, with 25 and 23 points respectively, were also great. 

The France team thus qualifies for the second Olympic final in its history, after the silver of the Sydney Games in 2000. It will obviously meet there the Team USA of Kevin Durant, whom it had beaten superbly at the opening of the tournament. , Saturday morning at 4.30 am French time. Prepare your awakenings!