The France ends on a high note – FranceTV sports

Certainly, they have not had the same success and address behind the arc two days earlier, this time was much less effective, as their defense further undermined by Germans which does had not enjoyed the correction in Strasbourg. This test was important for France, unbeaten in seven preparation matches played at home, but lost both duels in foreign lands. He had to find insurance before entering the first round of the Euro.

 Revanchist Germans

It was just what Vincent Collet hoped for in this trip to the Lanxess Arena, large chamber heated to white, in this interesting duel for the Blues: they rub a revanchist team. The coach of the Blues, who did blow Tony Parker (7.09 minutes in the first quarter) was waiting to see the reaction of his team pushed to its limits. It was served in this appointment delayed due to slippery floor. Thanks to the good start to Nando de Colo (6 pts in 5 minutes with a winning shot) the Blues took the lead (9-7). But their advantage was short-lived. More aggressive rebounding in the image of Tibor Pleiß, which hindered the impact of Rudy Gobert, the Germans increased the gap on a powerful dunk Johannes Voigtmann (16-10).

 Failure to address

In the second quarter, things have not arranged for the French, always undermined by an address failure (4/21 after 13 minutes). Zipser and Paul gave the biggest difference in the game in his team (10, 21-31). The promising point guard Dennis Schröder, shemale from the center of sight was by far his teammates to keep afloat (29-36). La France was doing without serious damage to halftime with Antoine Diot. Shortly view during preparation, the former leader of Strasbourg managed three baskets and winning as many assists in ten minutes to limit the damage (32-38). Nicolas Batum returned France to a point (43-44) on a long distance shooting. Before the final sprint, the Blues remained in contact through an unlikely basket at the buzzer Charles Kahudi at 18 m distance!

 Winning return

In shape, Diot was fueling up his winning move address to remake his front for the first time since the first quarter (50-48). The French suffered through. With four minutes remaining, Germany resumed six-point lead (61-56). But they managed to get out through the contribution of Mickaël Gelabale (10 pts in 10 mins, 12 in total) and
 the valuable feedback captain Boris Diaw.

Unbeaten at home, so the Blues won their first away game in preparation after falling in Finland and Serbia, vice world champion. Rather encouraging Euro before playing at home where they could perhaps find Germany in the fourth round after a first to them.