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Team USA wanted a spark, and Steph Curry delivered when it mattered most as he’s performed his whole skilled profession.
Up solely three factors with 2:48 left within the sport, Curry put France’s Guerschon Yabusele on skates and hit a 3-pointer to increase the result in six. It was the primary of 4 3-pointers Curry hit within the closing minutes of the sport.
The fourth 3-pointer was the largest with the U.S. up six factors.
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Stephen Curry of the U.S. reacts through the males’s gold medal basketball sport at Bercy Arena on the 2024 Summer Olympics Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Curry flashed towards the highest of the arc to try to create house between himself and Nic Batum. He obtained the ball from Kevin Durant and dribbled to his left. He dribbled behind his again as Evan Fournier tried to assist Batum guard Curry. The Golden State Warriors star had Batum and Fournier’s palms in his face as he threw up the shot with six seconds on the shot clock.
Bang.
Curry nailed it, and the U.S. received the sport, 98-87.
“That was an unbelievable moment,” Curry advised NBC’s Mike Tirico after the sport. “I’ve been blessed to play basketball at a high level for a very long time. I don’t know. … This ranks very high in terms of the excitement and sense of relief getting to the finish line.”
Curry had 24 factors, all on 3-pointers.
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LeBron James (6) and Stephen Curry (4) of the U.S. rejoice after scoring a basket in opposition to France through the males’s gold medal basketball sport at Bercy Arena on the 2024 Summer Olympics Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
He set out on his quest to win a gold medal after his 2022 NBA championship win over the Boston Celtics. He mirrored on getting his first gold medal with Tirico.
“It is special,” he mentioned. “Two years ago, when we won our last championship, I knew that this was gonna be on the horizon and something that I was excited to go after. Anything you sign up for, any mission that you take on, you give everything you have. … These last five weeks together with this group has been nothing but 1-2-3 gold. That’s what we’ve seen saying.
“So, for us to lastly accomplish that, for me to get a gold medal is insane, and I thank God for the chance to expertise it.”
Durant and Devin Booker each had 15 points. LeBron James finished with 14 points.
It’s the fifth consecutive gold medal for Team USA in men’s basketball and the fourth for Durant.
France finished with silver medals in back-to-back Olympics.
Victor Wembanyama of France reacts during the men’s gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Victor Wembanyama had 26 points and seven rebounds in the loss. Yabusele scored 20 points.
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