France vs Germany Player Stats, Box Scores and Result for 2024 Paris Olympics Basketball | August 8

France and Germany locked horns for a place in the gold medal game in the 2024 Paris Olympics semifinals on Thursday.

Franz Wagner opened the scoring for the Germans in an iso play against Victor Wembanyama. Meanwhile, the French struggled to generate offense on the first two possessions. With Rudy Gobert coming off the bench again, France didn't have much support on the interior, which the reigning world champs looked to exploit early on.

France opened their account after a 6-0 run by the Germans as the refs called a goaltend on Daniel Theis for attempting to block Isaia Cordinier's layup. Dennis Schroder and Franz Wagner hit back-to-back 3s though to put Germany up 12-2, forcing France to call the contest's first timeout.

The hosts went on a 5-0 run before a Schroder layup stopped the bleeding for Germany. Another Wagner basket over Wembanyama in isolation saw the 2024 NBA No. 1 pick take a breather for the first time in the game. Surprisingly, France's offense picked up after that. Evan Fournier's introduction saw the French maximize their spacing.

France cut the lead to 18-16 behind Cordinier's 3, forcing the Germans into their first timeout with 2:46 left in the first quarter. The world champions came out swinging to close the quarter with a 7-2 run, taking a 25-18 lead into the second frame. Germany led from tipoff, shooting 60% from the floor while limiting France to 47%.

The second quarter began with a 3 from Nick Weiler-Babb to put the Germans up 28-18, matching their biggest lead. France bounced back with a 4-0 run as Wembanyama scored his first points.

The twin tower pairing spending extended time on the floor provided France's defense the resistance required to limit Germany's offense, seeing them go scoreless for four minutes. They got a few baskets after breaking out of that slump, but France kept the pressure up, not allowing Germany to blow the game wide open.

France cut the lead to 33-31 with just over a minute left with another transition basket from Yabusele. Wembanyama tied the game on the next possession with a thunderous dunk over Daniel Theis. An illegal screen by Johannes Voigtmann gave France the first-half's final possession with 11 seconds left.

However, they couldn't convert that chance, keeping the game tied at 33-33 entering the halftime break.

France began the scoring with a Nicolas Batum 3 in the second half to take their first lead (36-33). The teams went back and forth with seven consecutive baskets, seeing the game tied 42-42. Germany eventually regained the lead with a Dennis Schroder floater (49-48), but France overturned it on the next possession with an Isaia Cordinier 3.

Shortly after, France took their biggest lead with 1:41 left in the third quarter as Evan Fournier hit a 3 in transition to put the team up 56-50. The score stayed the same with sloppy play from both sides entering the fourth frame.

France again started the scoring in the fourth quarter, going up 58-50. Germany cut the lead to five behind a 3 from Isaac Bonga on the next play. France led 66-53 thanks to a quick scoring burst after Bonga's 3-pointer.

Germany trimmed the deficit to six points (69-63) with 3:03 left in the game, but they couldn't get closer until 1:01. Hopes of a turnaround remained alive with a Franz Wagner 3-pointer, making it a two-point game with 39 seconds left.

However, Wagner went from being the hero to villain in a short span as he lost the ball in the backcourt after Germany got a stop with 12 seconds left. The Germans still had a shot to tie things up after Wembanyama missed one of his two free throws, keeping the French ahead by three points.

But France played it safe by fouling Dennis Schroder up three. Schroder missed his first free throw and got the second. Isaia Cordinier didn't miss his free throws at the other end, closing the deal for the hosts with a 73-69 win.

France's keys to victory were putting pressure defensively to force turnovers and scoring in transition.

Guerschon Yabusele and Isaia Cordinier emerged as France's unlikely heroes to cause this upset against the reigning world champions.

France vs Germany Player Stats, Box Scores and Result for 2024 Paris Olympics Basketball

France player stats and box scores

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG
Frank Ntilikina	5	2	1	0	0	0	2/2	1/1
Nicolas Batum	9	2	3	0	1	1	3/7	1/5
Andrew Albicy	0	0	2	0	0	0	0/0	0/0
Guerschon Yabusele	17	7	2	1	0	2	7/11	0/2
Isaia Cordinier	16	7	2	2	0	2	6/13	1/5
Evan Fournier	5	2	1	1	0	0	2/7	1/6
Nando De Colo	0	0	1	1	0	0	0/0	0/0
Mathias Lessort	10	4	1	1	1	2	4/5	0/0
Rudy Gobert	0	1	1	0	0	0	0/1	0/0
Victor Wembanyama	11	7	4	0	3	3	4/17	1/8
Matthew Strazel	0	1	0	0	0	2	0/0	0/0
Bilal Coulibaly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0

Germany player stats and box scores

Player	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG
Isaac Bonga	7	3	3	1	0	1	2/5	2/5
Oscar Da Silva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0
Maodo Lo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0
Niels Giffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0
Nick Weiler-Babb	5	1	1	0	0	3	1/3	1/3
Johannes Voigtmann	6	3	1	0	0	2	3/4	0/1
Franz Wagner	10	8	3	2	0	1	4/10	2/6
Daniel Theis	8	11	6	0	1	2	3/8	0/2
Moritz Wagner	4	1	1	1	0	2	2/7	0/1
Dennis Schroder	18	2	4	1	0	3	6/18	3/11
Johannes Thiemann	3	3	1	0	0	0	1/2	0/1
Andreas Obst	8	1	1	0	0	1	3/5