Epic U.S. Comeback in Olympic Basketball Against Serbia
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00:00We'll be right back with more
00:01coverage of the game.
00:05Instant classic in Olympic
00:08basketball history, a day and
00:10night over in France that will
00:12be remembered for the United
00:14States men's basketball program
00:16for a very, very long time.
00:18Don't take it from us on Ben
00:20Stevens. He's Donnie right side.
00:21Listen to the emotions of the
00:23players like Stephen Curry, a
00:25four-time NBA champ or Kevin
00:27Durant, an NBA champion as well
00:29as the greatest to ever do it
00:31saying this will be a night
00:33nobody on that basketball team
00:35will ever forget. How come
00:37because of the dramatic comeback
00:39in the fourth quarter to lead
00:41Team USA to a victory over
00:44Serbia and earn a spot in the
00:46gold medal game on Saturday
00:48against France. 95-91. The
00:51United States finally prevails
00:53down by 11 at the break down by
00:56as many as 17 in the second
00:58quarter down by 13 DRS
01:00entering the fourth and final
01:02quarter that saw Nicola Jokic in
01:04Serbia as a live four and a half
01:06point favorite. The Americans
01:08rally Joel Embiid a huge game
01:10LeBron James a triple-double
01:12Kevin Durant coming up clutch
01:14with some Supreme shot making
01:16time and again and Stephen Curry
01:18the chef cooking yesterday over
01:20in Paris 36 points nine made
01:25triples. The Americans are on
01:27to a gold medal game looking
01:29for that fifth gold medal in
01:31Olympic basketball. That was
01:33the worry yesterday right where
01:34you're heading in and saying
01:35okay and those international
01:36friendly showcase games. Yeah,
01:38you face a little bit of
01:39adversity, but it really didn't
01:40matter if you won or lost
01:41technically once you got into
01:42the group stage got a little
01:43bit of leeway. If you lose a
01:44game, it's not really that big
01:45of a deal. Maybe you don't win
01:46your group, but you're still
01:47going to advance when you get
01:49to the knockout stage. You
01:50cannot afford to have an off
01:52night and quite frankly, if
01:53Steph Curry doesn't have an all
01:55time night. I don't think Team
01:56USA wins this game because in
01:58that first quarter what 17
01:59close to 20 points from himself
02:01out of the 23 points that Team
02:03USA did score at the half.
02:05You're down the third quarter.
02:06You're down. It looks like
02:07you're buried. But as always in
02:09the NBA, it's a game of runs
02:11even in international
02:12competition, which is much more
02:13physical. You see the cream rise
02:15to the top when every
02:16possession matters. How many
02:17times in that fourth quarter?
02:18Did you see Team USA force the
02:20turnover get the rebound go out
02:21and score in transition so much
02:24fun to watch it. Let it play
02:25out. And also these are the ways
02:27that does make it more
02:28beneficial. If you are on Team
02:29USA where you had a little bit
02:31of a struggle where he didn't
02:32just Railroad every single team
02:34right up to the gold medal.
02:35Would they like that? Of course
02:36they would but sometimes it's a
02:37little bit sweeter those
02:38victories when you had to dig
02:40down deep when most people are
02:41tweeting throughout the game on
02:42social media and USA is cook
02:44can't believe this LeBron can't
02:46get it done. He was all out
02:47there in the third quarter only
02:48to have a turnaround where the
02:50Stars stepped up here Joel and
02:51be turned into the MVP athlete
02:53that we thought he could be
02:54LeBron James was sensational
02:56with the ball in his hands.
02:57Steph Curry the world's best
02:58shooter of all time showed up
03:00when they absolutely needed it.
03:01This is what we love the spirit
03:03of competition. It was on
03:04yesterday and Team USA prevailed.