Down by an incredible 17 points at one stage, the Americans rallied in the last quarter to defeat Serbia and book a place in the gold-medal match.
Predicting the last time the seemingly ageless LeBron James does anything in the sport of basketball is always fraught with danger.
But the man himself, when asked about the prospect of an Olympics game in his own backyard in the lead-up to this tournament, couldn’t have distanced himself further from that prospect. Serbia went into the final quarter with a 13-point advantage. Six minutes and 21 seconds later, the scores were level courtesy of a barnstorming James drive to the basket. A minute later, James dished it off to an open Curry for the three. The lead never swung again.
He closed out the game with 36 points, more than doubling the 29 points he amassed in all the previous games this Olympics.While he was red-hot from beyond the arc to start the match, his teammates struggled to trouble the scorers, with the rest – other than James – combining for a woeful five baskets from 21 from the field in the opening half.
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