On the morning of August 3rd, in the third round of the men’s basketball group stage at the Paris Olympics, France faced off against Germany in a key match. Ultimately, France lost 71-85 at home to Germany. Germany won all three games and ranked first in the group for elimination, while France, with two wins and one loss, ranked second in the group. The French men’s national basketball team performed poorly as a whole during this game, trailing by the most 24 points. In the first half, the entire team only scored 27 points. German duo Schroder and Wagner jointly scored 31 points in the first half.
France’s entire team played well for only the first five minutes and the last five minutes of the game. For the rest of the time, Germany controlled the game. Among the French players, Val Gundy was one of the few who performed relatively normally. Throughout the game, Val Gundy made 11 shots out of 5, scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, with 1 assist, 2 steals, and 1 block. He also made 3 out of 7 three-point attempts and scored 1 point out of 1 free throw. Gobert scored 4 points with 1 rebound and 4 blocks in the entire game. Fournier scored 10 points out of 5 shots, and Coldenie scored 10 points out of 4 shots.