Overview:
France lost by 98-100 to Australia but had won the game against Lithuania 78-75. They pulled off the upset of the tournament when they beat USA by 79-89. In the Semi-finals they lost to Argentina by 66-80
Australia have been clinical and precise in the competition beating Senegal and Canada in the group games. Dominican Republic also turned out to be a tough test for them as they could only beat them by 87-82. Australia have been able to somehow find their winning mojo winning close games against Dominican Republic and France. They beat Czech Republic in the quarter final game by 82-70. In the semi final they lost to Spain by 88-95.
Here is a look at this game.
Match Timing: September 15, 2019 1:30 PM
Venue – Wukesong Arena
Capacity- 19,000
They will bank upon Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier and will rely on Nando de Colo and Andrew Albicy to come from the bench and make an impact on the game.France will need to do well in this game and win against Argentina and reach the finals. Rudy Gobert will be the key player after his performance against Australia
France squad for the 2019 FIBA World Cup:
Andrew Albicy, Nicolas Batum, Nando De Colo, Evan Fournier, Rudy Gobert,Thomas Heurtel, Louis Labeyrie, Paul Lacombe, Mathias Lessort, Timothy Luwanu-Cabarrot, Amath M’Baye, Adrien Moerman,Frank Ntilikina,Vincent Poirier,Axel Toupane
Australia –
There are no injuries or suspensions for the Australia and they will be looking at their workhorses Patty Mills and Joe Ingles to dig it out against the tough Australia side as well with Nick Kay and Andrew Bogut expected to impact from the bench.
Aron Baynes, Andrew Bogut, Jonah Bolden, Xavier Cooks, Matthew Dellavedova, Cameron Gliddon, Chris Goulding, Joe Ingles, Nicholas Kay, Jock Landale, Patty Mills, Nathan Sobey
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AUS – Aron Baynes, Jock Landale, Joe Ingles, Matthew Dellavedova, Patty Mills Martin Kriz
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Australia –
Patty Mills
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 45:02
Points – 34
Assists – 3
Rebounds – 2
Joe Ingles
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 43:56
Points – 4
Assists – 7
Rebounds – 10
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France –
Rudy Gobert
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 29:04
Points – 3
Assists – 0
Rebounds – 11
Evan Fournier
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 27:05
Points – 16
Assists – 2
Rebounds – 2
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The game is expected to be a close game and France are expected to win the game.