Overview
- Tip-off is at 20:30 in Katowice, with live coverage on TFX and BeIN Sports 1.
- Poland sits 3-0 atop Group D, already qualified and buoyed by home support, with Jordan Loyd averaging 29.7 points per game.
- France’s 82-69 loss to Israel featured 8-for-32 three-point shooting and a 25-10 collapse in the final eight minutes.
- Earlier wins by Israel over Belgium and Slovenia over Iceland guaranteed France a round-of-16 place in Riga against a Group C opponent.
- Center Alexandre Sarr is out with a calf injury for the rest of the tournament, as coach Frédéric Fauthoux and captain Guerschon Yabusele urge a defense-first reaction.