The Boomers bought their FIBA World Cup marketing campaign off to an ideal begin with a giant win over Finland and now Australia’s subsequent opponents Germany have acquired some unlucky information.
Orlando Magic rising star Franz Wagner got here from the courtroom with slightly below 5 minutes left in Germany’s 83-61 victory over Japan to open their World Cup.
The German Basketball Federation launched an replace on Wagner on Saturday, throwing his availability for the sport towards Australia (Sunday 6.30pm AEST) into doubt.
“Franz Wagner is being taken care of intensively by the medical workers. A precise analysis will not be but potential attributable to pending imaging. His standing is day-to-day”, they stated.
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Elsewhere, Canada opened the Basketball World Cup with an announcement win over France on Friday, whereas co-hosts the Philippines fell in need of a memorable victory in entrance of their raucous followers.
There have been additionally wins for Italy, Australia, Montenegro, Latvia, the Dominican Republic, Lithuania and Germany because the match tipped off within the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Canada got here into the match with a squad filled with NBA expertise, however they confronted a stiff take a look at towards France, who received silver on the Tokyo Olympics two years in the past.
Within the occasion the Canadians blew their opponents away, stepping on the gasoline within the second half to run away with a 95-65 victory.
Canada outscored the French 25-8 within the third quarter and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander completed as the sport’s high scorer with 27 factors, regardless of failing to get on the scoresheet within the first quarter.
“It’s all the time good to be rewarded if you’ve been working so arduous, so I give these guys all of the credit score on the planet,” head coach Jordi Fernandez stated.
“An important recreation of your life is your subsequent recreation, and if we predict otherwise, we’re mistaken.”
Canada misplaced key guard Jamal Murray on the eve of the match, when he withdrew saying his physique wanted extra time to get well after profitable the NBA title with the Denver Nuggets final season.
“We have now loads of guys on this workforce which can be hungry, gifted, and finally simply wish to win,” stated Gilgeous-Alexander.
“When you have got these three issues, you are able to do something.”
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Evan Fournier scored 21 factors for France, who now tackle Latvia on Sunday with their match hanging within the steadiness.
Fournier stated his workforce “bought our ass kicked”.
“As a workforce, they compelled us to do issues that we don’t wish to do,” stated the New York Knicks small ahead.
“At first we had been capable of rating every so often, our defence was strong, however as the sport went on they saved making use of strain and it simply bought the most effective of us.”
Canada’s RJ Barrett confessed he had been “speaking trash” his New York Knicks teammate Fournier “each day” forward of the competition.
Within the recreation, Barrett managed simply 5 factors on 1-of-10 capturing, however contributed six rebounds and 5 assists
Elsewhere in Group H, match debutants Latvia beat Lebanon 109-70.