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Tokyo Olympics: USA Stunned By France For First Olympic Men’s Basketball Loss Since 2004

July 26, 2021
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The United States lost their first Olympic men’s basketball game since 2004 as they went down 83-76 to France in their opening group match of the Tokyo Games on Sunday night.

 

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The Americans are three-time defending champions in the Olympics, but have arrived in Japan short of star power after a number of withdrawals, injuries and Covid-19 issues, and it showed as they made a sloppy start to the competition.

The Boston Celtics’ Evan Fournier scored 28 points for France, who dominated the third quarter of the Group A contest at the Saitama Super Arena and then survived a fourth-quarter rally to take a huge scalp.

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The Americans began the fourth on a 13-1 run, leading 69-63 when Jrue Holiday made a lay-up, but it was only temporary as big three-pointers from Nicolas Batum and Fournier swung the momentum back to France.

Fournier put the French back in front, 76-74, with 57 seconds left and they had the better of a scrappy finish as the Americans missed all seven of their attempts from the field inside the final minute.

It was a first Olympic defeat for the United States men’s team since the semi-finals of the Athens Games, when they were beaten 89-81 by eventual champions Argentina.

Gregg Popovich’s team must look to repair some of the damage when they face Iran in their second game on Wednesday.

 

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