Call them the Cream Team.
The USA men’s basketball team rose to the top in the final quarter to advance to the gold medal game with a 95-91 win over Serbia, which led most of the way and had no quit in it.
What they didn’t have was an All-NBA bench.
Steph Curry scored 36 points, hitting 9 of 14 threes, and while he kept his team in it, Kevin Durant came off the bench to spark the Americans with seven second-half points as the USA Cream Team outscored Serbia 32-15 in the final quarter.
It was a typical NBA effort, coast through three quarters and then lower the boom down the stretch.
The Americans trailed 76-63 after three quarters, but then they turned up the defensive pressure and when Coach Steve Kerr substituted.
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Publish date : 2024-08-08 20:13:00
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