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Germany’s men’s basketball coach Gordon Herbert is missing the Paris Olympic atmosphere in Lille. The basketball preliminary round is being held in Lille, around 200 kilometres from Paris. Only the knockout games from the quarter-finals onwards will take place in the French capital in the second week of the Olympics. “It doesn’t really feel like the Olympic Games yet, more like a World Championship,” Herbert told reporters. The world champions took the first step towards the quarter-finals by beating Japan 97-77 in the opening game. If they also win against Brazil on Tuesday, they will have bo…

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