The Stars and Stripes won Olympic gold for the 17th time in total and the fifth in a row.
The final took place in Paris men’s basketball tournament within the framework Olympics 2024. National team USA won a hard-fought victory over France — 98:87
The Americans took the lead straight away, but the home team managed to get ahead during the first quarter — 11:10. However, the segment remained in the United States’ favor — 20:15. In the second period, France leveled the game again, twice taking the lead, but a strong finish allowed the United States to get a handicap of +8 by the big break.
For most of the third quarter, LeBron James and company confidently held the lead, but now Vincent Collet’s team stepped up towards the end and even left the segment behind them.
The decisive period was spent in lightning-fast mutual attacks. France managed to get as close as possible to their opponents at one point (79:82), but the hosts could not do more. Steph Curry finally buried the intrigue, scoring all of his 24 points with throws from behind the arc (with only four unsuccessful attempts).
The top scorer of the game was Frenchman Victor Wembanyama – 26 points. The ageless LeBron made a double-double: 14 + 10 assists. The 39-year-old Lakers forward won his third Olympic gold medal, despite the fact that he also has bronze from the 2004 Olympics.
The Americans once again confirmed their dominance at the Olympic level. This victory was the fifth in a row for the Stars and Stripes team and the 17th in the history of their performance at the Olympics.
Let us recall that earlier in the match for third place, Serbia was stronger than Germany – 93:83.
- 2024 Olympic Games. Paris, France. Basketball. Men. Final
France – USA — 87:98 (15:20, 26:29, 25:23, 21:26)
France: Wembanyama (26), Yabusele (20), De Colo (12), Fournier (8), Coulibaly (6), Batum (5 + 8 rebounds + 4 assists)
USA: Curry (24 + 5 assists), Booker (15 + 6 rebounds), Durant (15), James (14 + 6 rebounds + 10 assists), Davis (8 + 9 rebounds)
Source: Sportarena
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