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France survives Luka Doncic triple-double, to face Team USA for gold medal

SAITAMA, Japan -- Game on the line, chance for gold on the line, and Slovenia's Klemen Prepelic thought he had a layup that would have given Slovenia the win.

France's Nicolas Batum thought differently.

Batum reached over Prepelic to block the layup try with 2.4 seconds left, the final play in France's 90-89 win over Slovenia in a men's basketball semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday night -- overcoming a historic night from Luka Doncic.

Doncic had the third triple-double in Olympic men's history: 16 points, 10 rebounds and 18 assists.