08-06-2024, 01:53 PM
(08-06-2024, 01:07 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: France beats Canada. First loss by Canada but they are out now. Sort of disappointing. I thought they would be a strong medal contender. Probably didn't help that Murray appeared to have a bad olympics.
France benched their starting center to begin the game (Gobert). Do you know what team did not bench their center? You can't get rid of him.
I think they benched Gobert because they knew Powell won’t be a problem on the boards or in the post.
Will be fascinating to see if they stay with their winning line-up of today in the rematch against Germany, because we have a lot of „quality size“ at the forward and center positions and should be able to outrebound them if they only play Wemby.
The closer was Fournier, who was benched because he criticized the coach after the loss against Germany, but then came through when they needed him.