The France men’s national basketball team won against Finland, 98-69 on Monday in Pau, France. The win secures Les Bleus’ place as the top team in Group G for the European division of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
Like their game against Belgium last Saturday, Les Bleus were dominant from tip off through the final buzzer. Bilal Coulibaly did start for France but he scored only 3 points and grabbed 2 rebounds in the victory. Maxime Raynaud and Elie Okobo led with 16 points each for the French.
Rebounding
was the stat that popped out in this game. France grabbed 46 total rebounds while Finland only had 30. In addition, the French dished 24 total assists compared to just 4 turnovers. The Finns were much more
For Finland, Lauri Markkanen and Mikael Jantunen scored 14 points each.
France’s next games will be in the second round where they will play against the second place team of Group H on Aug. 27.
