France overcomes Germany to enter Olympic gold medal game

France gave everything theycould in front of the home crowd in Paris and they delivered afterovercoming reigning world champions Germany, 73-69, at the BercyArena in Paris, France for the 2024 ParisOlympics.

France once again fed off theenergy from the loud crowd in Paris to eke out a win against afavored opponent for the second straight game. France notablydefeated Canada who were filled with legit NBA talent from top tobottom in the quarterfinals, and now they beat the reigning worldchampions in Germany.

France started strong yet againwith Guerschon Yabusele starting over Rudy Gobert. Yabuseleprovided the physicality inside to power through Germany’sfrontline en route to scoring 17 points and grabbing 7 rebounds.Isaia Cordinier, who also stepped up in the knockout rounds forFrance, backed him up with 16 points of his own

French phenom Victor Wembanyamastruggled for a second straight game offensively with just 11points on 4/17 shooting but he did have 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and3 blocks.

Dennis Schroder once again ledthe world champs’ attack with 18 points but he shot just 6/18 fromthe field and missed one crucial free throw at the end that wouldhave cut the lead to just one. Franz Wagner, who was the Germans’leading scorer against Canada with 26 points, only scored 10 pointsagainst a tough and tall French frontline.

France will now await the winnerof the USA-Serbia matchup for their opponents in the gold medalmatch.