Russia

Guard J.R. Holden: "This is a big win for us. We surprised a lot of teams by getting here. We just had to stay agressive and play our game. And we just weren't afraid and that was the difference."

(About Andrei Kirilenko fouling out with three minutes left in game) "That's when I thought I had to be agressive. We were having problems scoring points so I knew we were going to win or lose on my hand and some shots went in."

(About the free throws at the end of the game) "We made them when they counted."

(If the team knew that Boris Diaw had free throw issues in the past) "We knew that the team struggled a little bit from the free throw line. So we just didn't want to put on their shooters or Tony Parker. And we're happy that he missed one down the stretch. That's just how the ball bounces sometimes in basketball."

Coach David Blatt: "My main job was to get this team to believe in themselves and they did and they took away a game that they were not better in for most of the game."

"We did not play our best game today of the seven that we played but unquestionably what we did do that we said we would before the game and at half-time was play with heart and soul."

France

Guard Tony Parker: "There's little to say, we had our chances and we didn't make them. It's frustrating, we will have to look at the video and see where we went wrong. Russia are a good team, they played well and they made the most of the chances."

Coach Claude Bergeaud: "Congratulations to the Russian team. We played this game with a great conviction tonight. It was a close and tough game, and in this case for sure it's very important to score easy baskets especially free throws. J. R. Holden took a great decision to go to the basket and draw the foul."

Forward Boris Diaw: "Tough game. I think we played pretty good, just in the end we didn't do what it takes to win the game. Missed free throws is part of the game, we just need to work on that for the future. Whoever we are going to play we want to win anyways. We knew Russia won't be the same team that we easily beat in preperation a few weeks ago."