Israel’s national basketball team continued its losing streak Tuesday in the European basketball championship, falling to a mediocre French team 96-93 after leading at the start of the second half.
It was the fifth consecutive loss for the Israeli hoopsters in the 12-nation tournament. They fell apart completely Sunday, losing to weak Polish team 83-77. That followed a 99-79 drubbing by Italy on Saturday and a 112-107 overtime loss to West Germany last Friday. On Thursday the Israelis bowed to the Dutch team by a score of 61-60.
The game with France was a battle for ninth place. The Israelis emerged in tenth. A disgusted Israeli spectator remarked, “Worse than 12th place they can’t get, so everything is okay.”
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