It’s win-or-go-home time in the men’s Olympic basketball tournament and that means Canada’s perfect 3-0 record in group play is being put to the test against France on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
And things won’t be easy for the red and white as they’ll have to not only battle a twin towers frontcourt of Rudy Gobert and Victory Wembanyama but they’ll have to do it in a hostile environment, considering the host nation’s stadium in Paris ought to be filled with a raucous home crowd.
Now, it’s time to see if the Canadian men overcome those odds and advance to the semifinals, earning a chance to be in the top four of an Olympic tournament for the first time since 1984.
Here are the key moments from the game.
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Pre-game
• A rematch, 8,715 days in the making: The last time the Canadian men played in a knockout stage game was the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where they were coincidentally bounced by France in the quarterfinals. Context on how long ago that was — current Canada men’s basketball general manager Rowan Barrett played in that game, and opposite him was Stephane Risacher, father of Zaccharie Risacher, the first-overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft. Will history repeat itself or does Canada flip the script?
