Guerschon Yabusele and France confronted Goga Bitadze and Georgia of their spherical of 16 matchup at EuroBasket 2025. France had been near good within the group stage, dropping one sport whereas profitable 4 to e-book their ticket to the spherical of 16.
In the meantime, Georgia had barely scraped by in Group C, advancing to the spherical of 16 because of their win over Spain. The group had a 2-3 document within the group stage, dropping to Italy, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sunday’s sport opened with Georgia and France exchanging factors within the paint. Kamar Baldwin and Tornike Shengelia led the cost for his or her group, combining for 16 factors. New York Knicks ahead Guerschon Yabusele and Isaia Cordinier opened the scoring for his or her group, combining for 13 factors within the first quarter.
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Regardless of Georgia’s sturdy begin, France’s stress within the paint stored the sport shut throughout the opening minutes. The French appeared to take the lead however stored lacking the mark from 3-point vary. In the meantime, Georgia continued to be environment friendly from the perimeter, ending the primary quarter with a four-point benefit (24-20).
The second quarter noticed Georgia keep its lead with wonderful offense within the paint. The group additionally did nicely to maintain the French at bay with their tight protection. A troublesome 3-pointer from Alexander Mamukelashvili noticed the group’s lead balloon to seven factors with six minutes left within the second quarter (33-26).
France tightened up on the inside and made life onerous for Georgia, whereas it transformed on the opposite finish, making it a two-point sport with three minutes left within the second quarter (33-31). Georgia’s chilly streak solely received worse, as France took the lead with two minutes left within the second (35-33).
Georgia broke its scoreless streak within the closing minutes of the primary half, as Kamar Baldwin hit a 3-pointer to present his group a three-point lead. France answered again on the opposite finish, making it a one-point sport forward of halftime (38-37).
France opened the second half of play with a 7-2 run, rapidly taking a four-point lead. Georgia responded with free throws from Shengelia and Bitadze, and a 3-pointer from Mamukelashvili put the group again up by two halfway by means of the third quarter (46-44).
France turned to attacking the paint to chop into its opponent’s lead, however could not convert inside. In the meantime, Bitadze added six factors, as Baldwin, Mamukelashvili and Shengelia additionally contributed, preserving Georgia within the lead by 4 factors forward of the fourth quarter (58-54).
France vs Georgia participant stats and field rating for Sept. 7
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