US basketball team favored to win gold in Paris Games
US basketball team favored to win gold in Paris Games
The US is favored for basketball gold at the Paris Games but many challengers await them There is one goal, and it’s always the same goal for USA Basketball. The only acceptable result from these Paris Olympics is another gold medal. And the most recent gold was one of the toughest to get. At the Tokyo Games three years ago, the US trailed Spain by 10 in the quarterfinals, trailed Australia by 15 in the semifinals and beat France by only five in the gold-medal game. It was yet another reminder that in the international game, winning isn’t automatic for the Americans anymore. “I hear a lot of people saying everybody’s catching up to us too, so that keeps us hungry, that keeps us motivated,” US guard Devin Booker said. “We have a lot of respect for those guys, but basketball still lies here.”
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The US is favored for basketball gold at the Paris Games but many challengers await them There is one goal, and it’s always the same goal for USA Basketball. The only acceptable result from these Paris Olympics is another gold medal. And the most recent gold was one of the toughest to get. At the Tokyo Games three years ago, the US trailed Spain by 10 in the quarterfinals, trailed Australia by 15 in the semifinals and beat France by only five in the gold-medal game. It was yet another reminder that in the international game, winning isn’t automatic for the Americans anymore. “I hear a lot of people saying everybody’s catching up to us too, so that keeps us hungry, that keeps us motivated,” US guard Devin Booker said. “We have a lot of respect for those guys, but basketball still lies here.”
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