France have a number of NBA stars on their basketball team but very few would have predicted they would end Team USA's basketball win streak. They did though, thanks to stifling defence and some awful shooting from Team USA.
France have stunned Team USA in their opening match of the Olympic basketball tournament in Tokyo, ending the USA's 25-match winning streak at the Olympics with an 83-76 victory.
French NBA star Evan Fournier hit the match-defining bucket when he nailed a three-pointer to put his team ahead 76-74 with under a minute remaining. Prior to Fournier's three-pointer, Team USA centre Bam Adebayo missed a pair of free throws, before Rudy Gobert hit one of two from the free throw line for France, meaning they had cut the USA lead to one.
USA then had four open looks at the other end, with Kevin Durant missing two attempts at a three, Adebayo missing a putback at the rim and Jrue Holiday seeing a three-point shot go in and out.And when Damian Lillard slipped and lost the ball in the dying stages, Fournier picked it up only to have been ruled to have been tripped by Lillard, and a clear path foul given.
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