Germany tops France, Greece alive for Olympic knockout round - ESPN

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — Dennis Schroder and Franz Wagner each scored 26 points as Germany beat France 85-71 on Friday ahead of quarterfinals play in men's Olympic basketball.

Daniel Theis added seven points and eight rebounds to help Germany finish unbeaten atop Group B. It was France's first loss of the group stage.

Victor Wembanyama had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the host country, which trailed by 21 at halftime and struggled to deal with Wagner on the inside as well as Schroder's outside shooting.

Germany outscored France 24-9 in the second quarter. France had eight turnovers in the opening 20 minutes.

France finally found some traction with Wembanyama sitting to start the fourth, cutting the deficit to 12. By the time Wembanyama re-entered the game with 4:30 to play, Germany's lead had ballooned back up to 19.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 20 points and seven rebounds as Greece kept its hopes alive of advancing to next week's knockout round. Greece defeated Australia 77-71.

Thomas Walkup added 18 points for Greece. Jock Landale led Australia with 17 points.

«We didn't want to leave this tournament without getting a win,» Antetokounmpo said. «We felt like we had a very good team to not get the win. And we competed. We fight for all three games. And I think this has been a game that we had to fight for until the end.»

The top two teams in each of the three groups automatically qualify for the quarterfinals. The final two spots in the next round go to the best third-place teams in group play.

Greece entered the day 0-2 in Group A play, needing to beat the Boomers by 10 or more points and for Canada to defeat Spain to ensure advancement to next week's knockout stage in Paris.

Greece's six-point victory and Canada's