It bought scary for some time, however the United States males’s basketball workforce can exhale.
After trailing by as many as 17, the USA pulled off a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to advance to its fourth straight gold medal recreation, beating Serbia, 95-91.
The U.S. trailed by 13 getting into the fourth and was on the the brink of an enormous upset, however it rapidly lower the deficit to 5 with simply over seven minutes to go.
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Lebron James, left, and Stephen Curry of the U.S. have fun after their workforce’s win towards Serbia within the males’s basketball semifinals on day 13 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Photos)
Then, the U.S. took over. After each groups exchanged baskets, back-to-back buckets by Joel Embiid introduced the USA again to inside two with simply over 4 minutes to go. And a troublesome layup by LeBron James knotted it at 84 with 3:39 to go.
Serbia regained the lead, however Stephen Curry dropped his ninth three-pointer to place the U.S. up one. James then made a reverse layup to make it a three-point USA lead, and Curry matched it along with his personal, going coast-to-coast to place the Individuals up 91-86 with 1:41 to go. The sport turned on a 14-2 run by the Individuals.
Stephen Curry of the USA celebrates after his workforce’s victory towards Serbia on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Photos)
Up by two with 8.2 seconds to go, Curry, fittingly, knocked down a pair of free throws to ice it. The U.S. outscored Serbia 32-15 within the fourth quarter.
“Gotta get it the hard way,” James advised the NBC broadcast after the sport. “Kudos to Serbia, but we came through.”
Curry’s 36 factors had been one level shy of tying Carmelo Anthony’s American file within the Olympics. James recorded his second triple-double within the Olympics, ending with 16 factors, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, and Embiid added 19 factors.
Lebron James, left, and Steph Curry of the USA react after defeating Serbia on day 13 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Area Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Photos)
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The Individuals will face host nation France within the gold medal recreation, a rematch of the gold medal contest three years in the past.
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