FRANCE – POLAND. The Blues lead by 16 points at the end of the first period of this semi-final of Euro 2022 basketball this Friday, September 16.
18:26 – Technical foul against Poland
Igor Milicic is penalized for a technical fault in this France – Poland. The coach feels that the meeting escapes him while his team is relegated to 24 points (25-49).
18:24 – What a shot from Yabusele
He was far Yabusele but that does not scare him. The Real player scores a three-point shot while there were a few seconds of possession left for the Blues in this France – Poland.
18:20 – Superb French action
Great pass from Rudy Gobert who finds Yabusele alone under the Polish basket. The French continue to soar in this France – Poland (45-23). Igor Milicic takes a time out.
18:19 – The first two Polish points in this quarter
The Poles score their first two points of this France – Poland thanks to Sokolowski.
18:17 – The Blues dig a big gap
Guerschon Yabusele gets a foul and scores a two-point basket at the same time. He misses his free throw but the Blues lead by 21 points in this France – Poland (39-18).
18:16 – Evan Fournier at three points
It started off well as it should on the side of Berlin. Evan Fournier is alone and achieves a three-point basket in this second period of this France – Poland.
18:15 – Start of the second period
It’s off to Berlin for this second period of this France – Poland. The Blues are 20 minutes from qualifying for the final of this Euro 2022 basketball. They lead by 16 points against the well-muzzled Poles (34-18).
6:00 p.m. – End of the first period, the French well ahead
After a rather solid first period of France – Poland, the French lead by 16 points against a Polish team which has great difficulty in developing its basketball and which scored only 9 points per quarter in this first act (34 -18).
17:58 – Time out for Collet
Vincent Collet asks for a time out as France will have their last possession of the first period against Poland.
17:56 – What defense of the Blues
The French are impressive defensively in this France – Poland with a new interception from Guerschon Yabusele.
17:52 – Another counter for Gobert
What a streak of the Blues in this France – Poland. Rudy Gobert slams another big counter before Terry Tarpey improves this ball recovered by a big one-handed dunk on the other side of the field. The French lead by 14 points (30-16).
17:51 – The walk for Poirier
New loss of ball in this France – Poland with a 10th lost ball of the half following the walk of Vincent Poirier.
17:48 – What a dunk from Poirier
After Gobert in defense, it was Poirier in attack who signaled himself with a superb dunk between two Polish defenders in this France – Poland. New Polish timeout as the Blues lead by 13 points.
17:48 – What against Gobert
Rudy Gobert flies away on AJ Slaughter’s attempt and releases a stratospheric counter. We were the limit of the illegal counter.
17:47 – Gobert makes his two free throws
Rudy Gobert converted his two free throws in this France – Poland and gave the Blues an 11-point lead (25-14).
17:43 – First failure for Slaughter
AJ Slaughter misses his first three-point basket in this France – Poland after a 3/3.
17:42 – 3/3 three-pointer for Slaughter
AJ Slaughter just scored his third three-pointer in three attempts. Vincent Collet asks for his first time out in this France – Poland (22-14).
17:40 – End of the haemorrhage for Poland
After 3 minutes 30 in this second quarter time of this France – Poland, the Poles register their first basket.
17:38 – Poles can’t do it
The Poles are particularly clumsy in shooting and have still not scored since the resumption of this second quarter of this France – Poland which started 2 min 30 ago.
17:36 – Thomas Heurtel starts
Thomas Heurtel has just come into play and directly scores a three-point basket. He seems to be continuing his momentum from the game against Italy. The Polish coach asks for a timeout while the French are 11 points ahead in this France – Poland (20-9).
17:34 – Tarpey scores the first French basket in this second quarter
It was the Blues and Terry Tarpey who scored first in this second quarter in this France – Poland (17-9).
17:34 – Let’s go for the second quarter
The first ball of this second quarter of this France – Poland is for the French.
17:31 – France wins the first quarter
The Blues are ahead by 6 points in this first quarter (15-9) despite several loss of balls. Guerschon Yabusele scored eight points.