France leads 19-12 after the first 10 minutes. Nicolas Batum got a dunk in the first possession and that seemed to get him going, he added two three pointers along with the dunk for 8 points in the quarter. Tony Parker has been struggling with his shot, but still has taken the ball to the hoop, penetrating and dishing the ball to teammates. Gelabale contributed with a three pointer and Turiaf played good defense on Luis Scola.
Argentina couldn't get any offense whatsoever, Luis Scola and Manu Ginobili each scored 4 points apiece, Carlos Delfino couldn't knock down a three pointer. Argentina had long droughts without scoring & Scola couldn't get into his spots like he did against Lithuania.
2nd Quarter
Argentina started the quarter with a 6-0 run until Nando de Colo made a three pointer and stopped the run. After the first five minutes, Argentina has outscored France 12 to 5, looked like Argentina was closing the gap, but Kevin Seraphin started dominating the inside and France took a 9 point lead in the quarter. Despite the lead, Argentina hung around, they didn't get anyone going and made just one three pointer. But they made some free throws, tough defense and that was enough. France leads 32-29 after two quarters of play.
Halftime Stats:
Manu Ginobili (ARG) 8 points
Luis Scola (ARG) 6 points.
Tony Parker (FRA) 4 points, 2 assists.
Nicolas Batum (FRA) 10 points & 6 rebounds.
Kevin Seraphin (FRA) 6 Points
3rd Quarter
The energy level picked up during this quarter, Gelabale continued his hot shooting by making yet another three and a two point field goal, Nando De Colo also made his second triple of the game. Argentina got more contributions from Scola, Prigioni and Ginobili, they have been playing with more efficiency than in the first half.
Manu Ginobili scored 12 points in the quarter, he took over the game, he hit a three, drove to the basket for layups and also made his free throws. France still leads the game, 55-53 at the end of three. Manu and De Colo (Both Spurs) are leading their respective teams in scoring.
4th Quarter
After two minutes without any scoring, Nicolas Batum returned from the bench and immediately hit a three pointer, followed by a jump shot by Gelabale. Manu Ginobili answered France run's by hitting a three, but Tony Parker made two straight baskets to give France a 6 point lead with less than 4 minutes to play.
France took a 67-58 lead and after a few unsuccessful tries Manu Ginobili made a three pointer, Scola got fouled twice and with 1:14 left to play, France lead has being cut to 5. Tony Parker missed a jumper that would have given France the chance to be up 7 and he didn't, however, after missing the jumper he redeemed himself by stealing the ball right out of Scola's hand and then lobbing the ball to an alley oop to Kevin Seraphin.
Argentina couldn't convert three pointers to bring the lead down, France made their free throws and also got the win 71- 64. Argentina only scored 11 points in the whole 4th quarter, Tony Parker had 11 in the quarter for France. Manu Ginobili finished with 26 points
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