Team USA Basketball Narrowly Defeats Serbia in Nail-Biter to Advance to Olympic Gold Medal Game.. full details below ⏬ 👇
Team USA Basketball Narrowly Defeats Serbia in Nail-Biter to Advance to Olympic Gold Medal 🏅🏅
The U.S. was down by double digits for most of the game until LeBron James and Stephen Curry led the team to a nail-biting comeback LeBron James of Team USA shoots a free throw during men’s basketball semifinals in Paris. : Team USA men’s basketball is one win away from another gold medal.The basketball team — led by LeBron James and Kevin Durant — narrowly defeated Serbia 95-91 in the semifinal round of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 8 in Paris.The U.S. men’s team brought major star power to Bercy Arena, including Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, Travis Scott, Quavo and Gabrielle Union. Bronny and Bryce James also came out to support their dad and Team USA in the semifinal.The U.S. will play France (who defeated Germany 73-69 in a thrilling game just before the Americans played their semifinal) in the gold medal game on Saturday, Aug. 10.Here’s Why French Fans Are Booing Joel Embiid at the Paris Olympics — and Why He Sees It as ‘Respect’Stephen Curry put on a show in Thursday’s nail-biting victory, which saw the roster of American basketball stars down by double digits for most of the game to Team Serbia, led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.Curry, 36, got things started with a string of three-pointers that put the crowd on its feet. He put an exclamation point on their remarkable comeback with a steal-and-score bucket in the last two minutes.The momentum shifted in favor of the U.S. when 39-year-old James led the group and scrappily removed a double-digit deficit late in the fourth quarter.The Los Angeles Lakers star was sporting a bandage above his eye in the semifinal round after the taking an “inadvertent elbow” to the eye in their quarterfinal game against Brazil.
