FIBA: France vs Croatia - - Sept 6, 2014 - - 11 AM CST

Sat and Sunday will be full of sports.

thanks for putting date and time. i havent been keeping up but i wouldnt mind watching.

Boris gonna go 2.0 all over those Croatians.

Diaw 0/4 to start, France looks rattled. Down 4 early as a result, 5-9 3:44 1st.

5-13 now. France surrendering already. :rolleyes

Pretty nice to be only down 4 with Diaw and Batum struggling shooting the ball.

I like Gobert. If I recall correctly, the Jazz essentially bought that pick from Denver. It would have been nice to pick him up for pretty much nothing. But I like Jean-Charles a lot as well, so I'm not too broken up about it.

Strong 2nd quarter by France. Up 1 at the half.

France struggling to create without Tony, but defence looks quite good.

If LJC can turn into a better scoring version of Florent Pietrus it would make me quite happy. I just love that combination of defensive versatility and great energy.

Is LJC playing in this tournament?

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Is LJC playing in this tournament?

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Nope. Doubt he gets on the big team for a few years.

Fournier playing really well

Fournier dominating

game over; FRA wins

Tomic is a monster down low right now

^Was thinking exactly that. The French centers are hardly world-beaters, but still.

Hot chick alert

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Hot chick alert

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:clap

Gelabale with another big 3

damn Diaw almost had the block

OH shit

2 pt game now...

2 point game lol

wow
wtf FRANCE

Awesome.

Croatia making an impressive run at it.

what a horrible shot

terrible shot

lol spaniards don't want FRA

Clutch FTs for France.

Live by the three, die by the three.

	1	2	3	4	T
FRA	7	16	23	23	69
CRO	15	7	12	30	64

STARTERS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Nicolas Batum, F	5-13	0-6	4-6	0	2	0	4	1	1	2	14
Mickael Gelabale, F	4-7	3-3	0-0	1	6	0	0	0	3	1	11
Thomas Heurtel, G	3-5	1-1	3-4	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	10
Joffrey Lauvergne, C	3-6	1-1	1-2	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	8
Boris Diaw, F	1-7	1-2	0-0	0	5	4	0	1	4	2	3
BENCH	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Evan Fournier, G	5-10	1-5	2-4	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	13
Florent Pietrus, F	2-2	0-0	2-2	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	6
Antoine Diot, G	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	2	3	1	0	1	2	2
Rudy Gobert, C	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	0	0	2	1	2	2
Edwin Jackson, F	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
	25-56	7-22	12-18	5	35	13	5	5	15	16	69

Too bad France plays Spain in the next round. Still a good win against really talented Croatian team.

Messy game tbh but I will take it especially a diaw struggling

next objective is to not lose by 20 vs Spain

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If LJC can turn into a better scoring version of Florent Pietrus it would make me quite happy. I just love that combination of defensive versatility and great energy.

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Is LJC playing in this tournament?

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Nope. Doubt he gets on the big team for a few years.

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Speaking of him

Pedja Materic @PedjaMateric
Good game of Livio Jean-Charles @Jclifio : 14p, 5rbd in 20min in a win of @ASVEL_Basket over Bourg-en-Bresse #hesback #healthy #future

Thanks for the update, Ace. Excited to see Jean-Charles in 2015.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj8-RrUHvZU

Boris stars in number 2 with the assist and number 3 with the block :tu