After today we are going to know both Eurobasket semifinal pairs. The first matchup today is going to be between France and Italy. In the last round, France struggled against Turkey, and just with the help of luck, they managed to get to the overtime where Turkey turned the ball over in the last possession. Many thought that France is going to meet Serbia in the TOP8 phase but Italy shocked the entire Europe and beat one of the title contenders.

For this game, I'm predicting that teams are going to show a high-scoring performance. In the last three games, France has scored at least 81 points but the points total in the last two has been more than 160 points. Italy likes to score too as at least 81 points have been scored in five out of six games. We must agree that Italy won't win against France because of its defense. It will be the offense that decides the outcome of the game. Italians hit 16 three-pointers versus Serbia while the average for them is 12. It's not so much difference and there's no reason why it couldn't repeat again because we all saw how happy the coach of the team was and he's going to motivate players even harder.

What's more - Italy exposed some weaknesses of Jokic in the last game. The same thing could be tonight. Gobert, Fall, and Poirier are great defenders in the paint but not so great on the perimeter. Almost all big men in the Italian squad, who plays important minutes, can shoot from beyond the arc and that is going to be their game plan - make the French big guys step out of the paint. If Italians will make some play in the post, Gobert will come to help but that means a free three-pointer.