Georgia beat France at the European Basketball Championship

The Georgian national team beat the French team, who are the silver medalists of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, in the 1/8 finals of the European Basketball Championship with a score of 80:70. This became known on September 7.

"The most productive players of the match were forward Tornike Shengelia and point guard Kamar Baldwin — both players of the Georgian national team scored 24 points each," Sport—Express reported.

Georgia is competing at the World Cup for the sixth time. This is the first time that the national team has been able to reach the quarterfinals. The next opponents of the national team will be the Finnish team, which beat Serbia in the playoffs.

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Earlier, on June 23, it was reported that the American club Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in the seventh match of the final series of the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs, which was held in the United States. Oklahoma City player Shay Gilges-Alexander scored 29 points and made 12 assists.

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