WNBA: Three Blues in the play-offs
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Full box. The three French players engaged this year in the WNBA have qualified for the play-offs which begin on Wednesday. The rear of the Bleues Marine Johannès was decisive on Sunday for the New York Liberty, which was to win on the last day of the regular season against Atlanta to cap the players of the Georgia franchise on the wire.
Unstoppable in the first half, the Asvel player (10 pts on average in 25 minutes) broke her record for three-point baskets (6 successes out of 8 attempts) for 18 points and 4 assists in 24 minutes in the victory against Atlanta (87-83).
Ranked seventh in the regular season, New York challenges Chicago (2nd), the defending champion trained by Franco-US James Wade, in the first round of the best of three matches. Las Vegas (1st) and interior debutant Iliana Rupert (3.8 pts in 10 minutes) will be opposed to Phoenix (8th) while Seattle (4th) and winger Gabby Williams (7.5 pts, 5 rebounds, 3 assists in 26 minutes) will face Washington (5th) with home advantage.
With the France team after the play-offs
The three internationals will not join Les Bleues, currently gathered at INSEP, in Paris, where they are preparing for the World Cup (September 22-October 1 in Australia) until after their last WNBA match.
The France team plays a training match against China at INSEP on Wednesday, before heading to Marseille on Friday for a first preparation match on Sunday at the Sports Palace (5:30 p.m.) against Bosnia and Herzegovina .
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