Thompson, Canada advance to finals

The Spurs’ Tony Parker led the way with 26 points, scoring 15 of them in the fourth quarter.

Coach Vincent Collet later revealed Parker’s partner was due to deliver their second child over the next few days and the player would fly to the United States to be with her when she gave birth.

“It’s gonna be tough”. He knocked down nine of his 14 shots, including three from three-point range, while adding four assists and four rebounds.

The Cavs’ Tristan Thompson and the Canadian National Team will not be making an appearance in Rio for the Olympics this summer.

Parker drilled a three-pointer with five-and-a-half minutes to play to put France up by eight points, but an Anthony Bennett three and a bucket from Tyler Ennis pulled the Canadians to within three points. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic led a muscle-flexing performance in Belgrade, with Serbia winning three of its four games by 20 or more points.

However the slasher Toronto Raptors guard also turned the ball over seven times.

Tony Parker of France scores on a lay-up over Canada’s Melvin Ejim (7) and Thomas Scrubb during their finals basketball match in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying tournament Sunday, July 10, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines.

The last three slots were decided in three Olympic qualifying tournaments in the Philippines, Italy and Serbia on Sunday.

Group A in Rio will include the U.S., Serbia, France, Australia, China and Venezuela.

The teams have been separated into Group A and Group B with the former consisting of the United States, Australia, China, Venezuela, France and Serbia and group B containing Brazil, Lithuania, Spain, Nigeria, Argentina and Croatia.