The US men's national basketball team qualified for the fifth straight time at the final of the Olympic Games, FOCUS reported.
The mega-favorite for the gold eliminated Serbia in the semi-finals after a drama in which the "Yankees" they were losing by 17 points, but managed to turn around and achieve success with 95:91 (23:31, 20:23, 20:22, 32:15) points in the “Accor Arena" in Paris.
Steph Curry topped everyone with a unique 36 points. Joel Embiid added 19, and legend LeBron James finished with a "triple-double" of 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. For Serbia, Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20, and megastar Nikola Jokic completed a "double-double" of 17 points and 11 assists.
The current Olympic champion will defend his trophy from Tokyo against the host team from France, who eliminated the current world champion Germany.
This final will be a repeat of the gold clash in Japan 3 years ago.
USA upset Serbia in men's basketball semifinal in Paris
Our neighbors to the west won the first three legs but were swept in the last
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