The two future Hall of Famers rudely welcomed France to the tournament final.
If you wanted to sum up the last 15 years of life in the NBA, you could do worse than one scoring sequence during the United States's gold-medal showdown with France Saturday in the Summer Olympics.
French forward Guerschon Yabusele appeared to have a certain layup in sight as he drove into the paint with 7:32 left in the first quarter, his team leading 7–5. Instead, Yabusele found his shot redirected toward the backboard, blocked by American forward LeBron James. United States guard Steph Curry found the rebound and passed the ball to guard Devin Booker; Booker then found forward Kevin Durant for a three-pointer to give the Americans the lead.Durant and James entered the afternoon in search of their fourth and third gold medals, respectively .Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest.
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