Lebanon loses 79-85 to France in Basketball World Cup
Lebanon lost its third Basketball World Cup game Tuesday.
Seven teams had already reached the knockout stage — defending champion Spain, the United States, Canada, Germany Latvia, Lithuania and Montenegro. Eight teams including Lebanon cannot advance.
The other seven are France, Finland, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Angola and Mexico.
At Jakarta, Guerschon Yabusele had 18 points and teammate Evan Fournier had 17 as France (1-2) salvaged a victory in the tournament.
France won the Olympic silver medal two years ago in Tokyo and was probably the most disappointing team in the World Cup.
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert did not play because of an ankle injury.
Wael Arakji had 29 points for Lebanon (0-3), which lost its opening two games by an average of 47 points.
Both teams had already been eliminated from contention for the knockout round.
Source: Associated Press
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