After losing in Belgrade three days ago against Serbia, France will now host Nikola Jokic and his teammates in Orleans.
Few hours before the match, France announced their 12-man squad for the friendly rematch ahead of the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
3 NBA frontcourt players present
As expected, San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama headlines the list as the biggest name on it for the France national team.
Along with Wembanyama, there are two more NBA players, as Minnesota Timberwolves' Rudy Gobert and Sacramento Kings' Maxime Raynaud will be present.
Notable European names complete the list
EuroLeague will have seven representatives, with Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens' Sylvain Francisco, Olympiacos Piraeus' Evan Fournier, Real Madrid's Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, Anadolu Efes Istanbul's Matthew Strazel, Maccabi Tel Aviv's Jaylen Hoard and two players of Paris Basketball in Joel Ayayi and Terry Tarpey.
Final two players on the list are Gerald Ayayi of EuroCup's Roma SPQR and Amine Noua that plays for Unicaja Malaga of Basketball Champions League.
French federation confirmed that three more players are left out from today's match, but will remain with the squad for the upcoming games in the World Cup Qualifiers, Paris' Nadir Hifi, LDLC ASVEL-Villerbaunne's Yves Pons and Buducnost VOLI Podgorica's Axel Bouteille.
France's upcoming schedule
France is comfortably first in Group D with a 5-1 record, and they will play this August at home against Slovenia on August 27th and away at Sweden on August 30th.
The top three teams from all the Second Round groups in Europe are advancing to the 2027 FIBA World Cup, with 6 more rounds in 3 separate windows to go.