Right now I experience how huge disappointment in terms of basketball feels, it is not pretty. In the first half we lacked focus, in the second half confidence. Tonight I am a bit disappointed with Coach Herbert, as I could not figure out what the gameplan in offense was and I was desperately waiting for adjustments, but we kept the same one-versus-one basketball going over three quarters as Canada did. Same story, same result. I also the think the players were not executing as they normally do. They tried to make individual plays they are not capable of, but it was mainly the result of not having a solid plan how to punish the switching. Eventually we should have used the gravity and shooting ability of Obst earlier. Was is just me or did France win nearly every fifty-fifty-ball? I am still proud how the guys fought till the end, but it seems like a mission impossible to find something positive besides the fighting spirit right now. One good thing is, we have another chance to win a medal. It is not over.
Refs did a great job.