Although Utah Jazz center Tibor Pleiss and the German national team have seen their EuroBasket 2015 run come to an end, Rudy Gobert and the French squad are still running strong. As has been the case for Les Bleus throughout group play, the team feasted on their opponent on Thursday, dropping Israel 86-61.
With the win, Gobert and the French improved to 5-0 in the tournament and will go on to face Ersan Ilyasova and Turkey when the knockout stage begins this Saturday. Israel benched Sacramento Kings wing Omri Casspi in the game, willing to take a loss and avoid the match-up with Turkey.