“We lasted until the last minute and after that we committed some silly fouls that we shouldn’t have done, instead of playing good defense, we gave them free throws,” Collet said.
France, which at the 2019 FIBA World Cup finished third, certainly failed to qualify for the next round at the same championship this year and was thrown into the classification round to compete for 17-32nd place instead of being seeded as champions.
Evan Fournier and friends still have one closing game of the group stage when they play Lebanon at the Indonesia Arena, Tuesday (8/29) at 16.45 WIB.
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