basketball avoided an embarrassing defeat to Serbia to rally late and reach the men’s gold medal match against France at the . Captain , and were among the stars boosting Steve Kerr’s side, but three-time NBA MVP pushed their star-studded opponents all the way. Curry’s 36 points and a triple double from James, with a sprinkling of Durant’s sharp shooting off the bench, were all needed to deny Serbia, who led by double figures for most of the semi-final.
Previously undefeated Germany were earlier stunned by the hosts France in the first semi-final, as Victory Wembayama inspired Les Bleus the FIBA Basketball World Cup winners in a nail-biting finish at the Bercy Arena. Olympics men’s basketball reaches semi-finals as Team USA face Nikola Jokic’s Serbia at 20:00 BST Hosts France, led by Victor Wembanyama, take on Germany in the earlier semi-final at 16:30 BST LeBron James gets stitches after nasty injury in Olympic basketball quarter-final France stun world champions Germany to reach men’s final Steph Curry shoots blazing 17 points in thrilling first quarter Serbia eye huge upset behind Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic , Steph Curry spoke to Eurosport after the match, saying that the USA knew that they “were going to be challenged at some point”. “Serbia are tough, they’re a great team.
To come back the way we did it was amazing. “We know how much this means, to win a gold medal,” he added. In an even shorter interview, LeBron James says that we need to �.