Basketball World Cup: Australia narrowly won in France 100-98

Australia defeated France 100-98 in a tight second round match at the FIBA ​​2019 Basketball World Cup in Nanjing, China, to top the L final standings.
The game was very tight and there were 14 leadership changes throughout the match, according to the official FIBA ​​website.

After gaining a 22-18 advantage with a Nando de Colo tripoin shot, France had to settle for a reduced advantage to 24-23 after Mitch Creek's failure for Australia at the end of the first quarter.

France regained a five-point lead with two minutes and 18 seconds left in the second quarter in positions 42-37 thanks to Evan Fournier's drift shot, but Australia continued and forced the first half. time to finish a score of 46-46 which is equally solid.

France jumped back at the start of the third quarter and even led 70-61 above Australia with two minutes and 39 seconds left by Rudy Gobert. Unfortunately, a series of 10-5 points was successfully recorded by Australia from 71 to 75 at the end of the third quarter.

The same pattern was repeated in the last quarter, France exploded earlier and Australia seemed to wait for the opponent's endurance to run out.

A layup of Joe Ingles with just one minute and two seconds left was a decisive moment, Australia won 96-94 and struggled since then to maintain a two-point margin despite France's efforts to recover.

While Australia had a 99-98 advantage thanks to one of Matthew Dellavedova's free throws, France head coach Vincent Collet called for a halt to find a sniper who could turn the game into four seconds from the end.

Instead of working, Andrew Albicy fired a pass that was successfully cut by Patty Mills and the ball was passed on to Creek, which was broken by Fournier as he tried to open a tripoin shot.

Although only one of three free throws is converted into numbers per Creek, that is enough to ensure Australia wins 100-98 over France.

Mills became the biggest contributor to Australia's win with 30 points, followed by Ingles 23 points and Aron Baynes 21 points and five rebounds.

In the French camp, Fournier scored 31 points, six rebounds and four assists, assisted by 26 points by De Colo and 13 points by Nicolas Batum, but that was not enough to prevent Les Bleus from his first defeat in China.

Both teams will definitely qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIBA ​​World Basketball Cup for two days, waiting for their opponents from Group K, the United States and the Republic of Check.

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