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We leave you with these beautiful images of victory. Next meeting of the Blues Saturday in Cologne against Germany, reigning world champion.
It’s over! Big victory for the Blues (96-46)
Against a very weak Turkey, the French team had a great time in its first preparation match for the Paris Games.
Hifi to bring the Blues closer to 100 points (96-46)
Under the Marseillaise, the Parisian scores the last basket of the match.
We are entering the last minute (89-43)
And the Blues continue, like this long-distance basket from Maledon!
Wembanyama wide top scorer
With his 24 points, he is ahead of Yabusele (14 points) and Rudy Gobert (10 points).
Last blue change
Theo Maledon replaces Franck Ntilikina.
Coulibalyyyy three-pointer (86-39)
Last rotation (83-39)
The five players who will play the last five minutes: Hifi, Lessort, Coulibaly, Ntilikina and Hoard.
Five minutes of delight…
…or horror, depending on your point of view. The Blues have just inflicted a 17-0 on the Turks.
Victor, it’s too easy for him! (78-37)
Still very well served by Yabusele, Victor hits where it hurts.
Yabusele, him again! (76-37)
What power from the Madrilenian! He chains the baskets and is at 13 points, then 14 with the free throw that follows.
Oh the Yabusele-Wemby connection! (71-37)
And 17 points for Victor!!
Another counter from Victor! (69-37)
The Turks are having a hard time scoring and the Rouen crowd is chanting the name of the Spurs star!
We’re starting again in Rouen!
30 points ahead for the Blues: 67-37
End of the third quarter! (67-37)
It ends with a huge counter from Gerschon Yabusele!
Yabusele for the dunk!! (65-37)
The Blues continue to have fun! This is followed by another dunk from Lessort, well served by Ntilikina.
Yabusele Imite Ntilikina (61-31)
The Blues will soon have twice as many points as the Turks.
22:27
Ntilikina’s three-pointer! (58-31)
Second basket for the Frenchman, still at a distance. 27 points ahead for the Blues.
Collet continues to turn (55-31)
The five players leave the field to leave their places to Lessort, de Colo, Maledon, Yabusele and Ntilikina.
The Blues more precise
With 20 baskets scored out of 38 attempted, France is at 52% efficiency against 14% for Turkey (4/27). But the Turks are ahead in terms of free throws (18/22 against 10/13).
Wemby does the same! (55-28)
An intercepted pass and a new basket for Wembanyama.
Coulibaly in the oven and at the mill! (52-28)
After a counter on Kabaca, we find Bilal Coulibaly on the other side of the field to score! And with the foul, if you please.
Here we go again !
Start of the third quarter with the Blues still well ahead (50-28).
Wemby top scorer
With 11 points scored, Victor Wembanyama is the best scorer at the moment, ahead of Rudy Gobert (10 points, 100% shooting).
Nando de Colo at the break
“We have to enjoy playing together. It’s not easy because there are always sixteen of us and there are rotations, but at least it allows us to maintain the intensity that we want to put in place,” the full-back told La Chaine l’Equipe.
It’s half time! (50-28)
The French are still dominating this match! Nadir Hifi’s last move didn’t go all the way…
Last blue possession (50-28)
The French have ten seconds… They get a foul.
New French error (48-28)
Sanli makes it two out of two. Less than a minute to play before the break. Les Bleus have already committed 15 fouls, compared to 8 for Turkey.
2/2 for Gobert on free throw (48-26)
French possession next! Nine points for Rudy Gobert in this match.
One minute before the break
The Blues currently have a 20 point lead!
The next one is the right one! (46-26)
Nadir Hifi scores a three-pointer in a balancing act just before the 24-second buzzer.
Great defense from Nadir Hifi (43-26)
In the fight against Biberovic, he hinders Kabaca in his three-point attempt! On the action that follows, he misses his attempt from a distance.
The Turks are slowly coming back (43-24)
Time for Vincent Collet to call a time-out.
Victor’s three-pointer (43-19)
Another basket for him. This time, it brings three points! Already eleven points for Wemby.
Wemby, him again! (40-19)
He’s loving all the balls under the circle! This time, Nico Batum is on the lob pass.
21:42
De Colo confirms his good start to the match (35-18)
Already five points in less than three minutes for him.
More Turkish free throws
Already 14 free throws attempted by the Turks, for 10 successful.
21:39
OH THE WEMBY BASKET (30-16)
Very well served by Nando de Colo, Wembanyama flies above the Turkish defense and concludes this magnificent alley-oop!
21:38
Here we go again! (28-14)
And already two free throws for Wemby, back.
21:35
End of the first quarter! (26-14)
First quarter dominated by the Blues before the change of players which saw the Turks come back little by little.
Turks score (26-14)
Before a final French possession.
21:33
Yabusele’s three points! (26-12)
The Real Madrid player is enjoying himself.
The first quarter is almost over (23-12)
Nadir Hifi for the basket and the foul (23-10)
The Parisian scores three points all by himself.
21:31
And Turkey continues! (20-10)
Thanks to a three-point basket, the Turks come back into the game.
21:30
Turkey regains some color (20-6)
Still largely dominated, the Turks have just scored three points in a row.
21:27
Yabusele smashes the basket! (15-3)
Maledon crosses the field and manages to find Yabusele. The latter scores and is awarded the foul.
21:25
The five Blues go out (13-3)
The whole team changes! Hifi, Lessort, Maledon, Fournier and Yabusele come into play. 16 players are in Rouen tonight.
21:24
The magnificent alley-oop! (13-2)
Great play from Matthew Strazel who passes to Wemby who flies over to score!
21:21
Coulibaly commits a fault (11-2)
Ulubay scores one free throw out of two.
Context
First test for the Blues
Les Bleus face Turkey in Rouen less than a month before the Olympic Games. The French team will start its competition on July 27. Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert, respectively the best rookie and best defender in the NBA, should be associated. After the departures of Kilian Hayes and Ousmane Dieng, the French group should be further reduced after this match.
