Nicolas Batum is not looking forward to the return trip to France, and it's hard to blame him.
FIBA World Cup 2023 - First Round - Group H - France v Latvia
."I'm scared to go home because we let a lot of people down. A lot of people believed in us to do something special. We didn't do it." Then on Sunday, despite holding a 13-point lead in the second half, France stumbled again. Latvia rallied in the final minutes, and didn’t take the lead for the first time in the entire game until there were just 37.7 points left on the clock. Rolands Smits dropped 20 points to lead Latvia to the win, and Davis Bertans added 15 points.
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