Japan's Rui Hachimura was ejected for fouling France's Rudy Gobert in the Olympics and fans hated it

During group play in the 2024 Paris Olympics, one of the best games featured Japan and France.

France entered as heavy favorites but the game went into overtime largely due to a stellar performance from Japan’s Rui Hachimura, who is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers. He looked like a star for his country during the game against the host nation of France.

After hitting multiple 3-pointers to bring his scoring total to 24 points with around nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Hachimura was called for his second unsportsmanlike foul of the game after making contact with France’s Rudy Gobert.

It was a bad mistake for Hachimura after already having an unsportsmanlike foul on Bilal Coulibaly from earlier in the half because this was an automatic ejection under FIBA international basketball rules.

After review, the call stood and he was ultimately disqualified. France went on to take the game into overtime and then secured a victory.

Fans couldn’t believe the decision