France scored the games first 14 points. Germany was 1 for 20 at one point in the game. It should have been an easy victory for France.
Nothing is ever easy in a tournament of such importance. The stakes are high in these games and Germany, knowing that it has to fight with France to win their group and bring this new generation to the next round of the FIBA World Cup, was not going away quietly.
Even after leading by as much as 24 points in the third quarter, Germany cut into the lead. Dennis Schroder made it a three-point game with two minutes left.