FIBA World Cup: US Suffer Shock Defeat To France
The USA Basketball Men’s National Team huddles up during shoot around at the Dongguan Basketball Center on September 11, 2019 in Dongguan, China. AFPFrance blew the Basketball World Cup wide open Wednesday by handing the United States their first loss in the competition in 13 years in their quarterfinal clash, powered by a double-double from big man Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz.
Gobert, the two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, had three blocks, including a key rejection down the stretch to help France seal the victory in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan.“I’ve been dreaming about this for a while. I was thinking we might never get the opportunity again and I told that to the guys,” Gobert said.
“You guys are going to go on and say who we didn’t have but why don’t you all focus on who we do have?” he told reporters. Wednesday’s contest was marked by big lead changes, and Mitchell’s jumpers and slashing moves to the basket helped the Americans cut down a 10-point French advantage in the third quarter to seize back the lead.
With under a minute left and down by four, Mitchell squirted into the lane for a layup but Gobert smothered the shot by his Jazz teammate and the Americans were never able to get any closer.
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