The United States received their fifth straight Olympic males’s basketball crown on Saturday, holding off a battling France 98-87 to take their tally of Olympic golds to 17.
In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics last three years in the past, LeBron James and the US staff stacked with NBA stars as soon as once more proved an excessive amount of for France’s sensational NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama and his teammates.
France sliced a 14-point deficit to 3 with 3min 04sec to play, however Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry drilled a three-pointer and Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant nailed two free throws and the United States relentlessly powered to the end.
Curry completed with eight three-pointers and led the US scoring with 24 factors.
Durant and Devin Booker added 15 apiece and James scored 14 with six rebounds, 10 assists a steal and a block.
For Durant it was a document fourth Olympic gold. James earned his third and Curry, a four-time NBA champion, claimed his first in his first Olympic look.
AFP
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