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00:00On Thursday, the team is going to face off Serbia in the semi-finals.
00:04In the meantime, Klovis Kozali is in front of the US basketball team's hotel.
00:09And I understand where you are, there are a lot of fans there as well.
00:16Indeed, I'm not the only one here outside the hotel
00:20where the Team USA basketball players are staying.
00:24Huge stars, and they just came out.
00:26We saw Stephen Curry, we saw many big, big names, Anthony Davis and others.
00:32And let's go and talk to one of the fans who's here waiting.
00:36Raphael, 16 years old, from Paris.
00:39Raphael, tell me a bit about the atmosphere here today.
00:42Who did you get to see?
00:44I got to see Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry.
00:48The big names, even LeBron James, but slightly, but still I saw him.
00:53And I think this is a crazy atmosphere.
00:56Everyone's waiting for them.
00:58And that's the chance of a life.
01:01Yeah, and LeBron James went back inside,
01:04so everybody here is waiting for the big superstar from the Lakers,
01:07one of the greatest players of all times, to come out again.
01:10And you were telling me it's a chance of a lifetime,
01:13because not everyone's lucky enough to go to the USC basketball, right?
01:17Yes, I'm not lucky.
01:19Oh, there's the feminine basketball players.
01:22But yes, not everyone has the chance to go and see them in the NBA.
01:27I don't, so I think I have only one chance to see him,
01:31so I'm very excited about that.
01:33And it's crazier that it's here in Paris.
01:38And that's also the Olympics.
01:40The Olympics brings all these stars.
01:42How do you feel about these games at home in Paris?
01:45That's a lifetime chance also,
01:50because the last games were 100 years ago.
01:54So that's a crazy atmosphere.
01:57I'm very excited about these games.
02:01And I think I'm very lucky to be here today,
02:05because some people come from,
02:08they travel just to be here and see the NBA players.
02:14So I feel very lucky about that.
02:16Thank you very much, Raphaël, and I hope you get that signature,
02:19that autograph from LeBron James for the time being.
02:22The players haven't given any autographs,
02:25but they waved to their fans after that great victory against Brazil yesterday.
02:30Well, they've got a bit of time off.
02:32We've seen some of the players walk out on their own with bodyguards
02:36to have a little stroll in the streets of Paris,
02:39here near the Opéra,
02:41others in a bus presumably going for lunch or for an outing altogether.