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It received scary for some time, however the United States males’s basketball staff can exhale.
After trailing by as many as 17, the United States 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 coming into the fourth and was on the the brink of an enormous upset, but it surely shortly minimize 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. rejoice after their staff’s win in opposition to Serbia within the males’s basketball semifinals on day 13 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Then, the U.S. took over. After each groups exchanged baskets, back-to-back buckets by Joel Embiid introduced the United States 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 together with his personal, going coast-to-coast to place the Americans up 91-86 with 1:41 to go. The recreation turned on a 14-2 run by the Americans.
Stephen Curry of the United States celebrates after his staff’s victory in opposition to Serbia on the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
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 instructed 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 report 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 United States react after defeating Serbia on day 13 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
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The Americans 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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