Thanks to an admirable fourth quarter and despite the disappointment of losing to Poland in the last seconds, Israel got the crucial 80-69 win over France, which can be pivotal to the Group D rankings.

It was the second win of Israel in the tournament after three games and the first defeat of France, with Deni Avdija with 23 points, eight rebounds, and five steals leading a balanced effort.

Yam Madar, with 17 points, also had his best game so far in the tournament, while Tomer Ginat added 14 points and Romain Sorkin had 12 points and eight rebounds on an admirable turnaround from losing to Poland 66-64 a few hours ago.

France, which was coming off the win over Slovenia, got 14 points from Zacharrie Risacher but shot just 36% from the field. France entered the last period up by one (56-5

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