Eeta edition of the Eurobasket seemed to bring few surprises, with the favorites, except for Spain, fulfilling guarantees in the group stage, but it has been the first elimination round and everything has jumped through the air. A few hours after, the great candidate, Georgia has been imposed this Sunday, current Olympic runner-up (80-70) in the round of 16.
The Gallic team, which in the absence of a great star -without and other NBA players -could not remedy the offensive vacuum with the choral game that it has looked on other occasions. The contributions of Sylvain Francisco (14 points), Guerschon Yabusele (12) or Mouhammadou Jaiteh (10) were of no use.
France failed up to 27 triples, a fact that was not given in the tournament since the 1995 edition, will play for the first time the quarterfinals of a Eurobasket. It is the second time that France is out of a quarter in this century since 2017. Georgia with three victories, has already won more clashes than in all editions prior to this Eurobasket.
