Hi everyone, we’re going to make you experience the knockout stages of the European Basketball Championship, and we hope not to stop at the France-Montenegro quarter-final this Thursday (6 p.m.) in Ljubljana ( Slovenia). After having failed in the last five Eurobasket finals, Les Bleues are logically among the favorites for this new edition. And this even despite the absence of Gaby Williams (concussion during the Women’s League play-offs) and especially Marine Johannes who caused a lot of ink to flow. The recent French champion with Asvel wanted to participate in both the Euros and the WNBA season, and her trip to sign her contract in New York, which deprived her of the start of the Les Bleues internship, gave her not to be retained by Jean-Aimé Toupane.
This episode belongs to the past and the band of Sandrine Gruda has so far done the job against Germany (58-50), Great Britain (63-57) and Slovenia (73-68). Apart from the uncertainty surrounding the presence of Iliana Rupert, hit in the shoulder Monday against the Slovenians, the France team therefore presents itself with some (fragile) certainties against Montenegro. Pay particular attention to Natasha Mack (25), an impressive 1.93 m naturalized American. It runs at 14.8 points and 11.3 rebounds so far in this Euro. Enough to make her the number 1 threat, while a nice shock is looming in the semi-final against Belgium or Serbia. Everything in its time, we already hope to vibrate this Thursday in front of this quarter.
>> Join us from 5:45 p.m., with a kick-off at 6 p.m.