Perennial contender France, which won bronze in the last two FIBA World Cups, crashes out of contention after dropping its first two games in the group stage
Batum is afraid of the backlash back home as France shockingly crashed out of contention in the FIBA World Cup after just two games following an 88-86 loss to Latvia in Group H in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday, August 27.
“I’m scared to go home because we let a lot of people down. A lot of people in the country believed in us to do something special. We did not do it.” Everything came crashing down for the Les Bleus from there as Latvia chipped away at its deficit before Rolands Smits, who finished with 20 points, hit a pair of clutch free throws that gave his side an 87-86 lead with 40 ticks left.
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