“We have back-to-back games at the EuroBasket. And they differ greatly from the NBA,” Fournier said. “It’s more intense because there are fewer games here. If you play at 22:30, you often go to bed at 3:00. It’s a really difficult task. If FIBA adjusted that so we could get more rest in between games, that would be excellent.”
Following Monday’s afternoon practice and the day after France defeated a tenacious Hungary squad to get to 2-1 in Group B, Fournier offered these remarks. The swingman for the New York Knicks has played hundreds of back-to-back games in his brief NBA career, so he is accustomed to seeing significant playing time across many days. But even an NBA regular season game is very different from a EuroBasket game.
