Monday, December 9, 2024

USA basketball beats Serbia with furious comeback: Olympic highlights

PARIS — The U.S. was in trouble against Serbia, whose Olympic gold medal streak looked set to end at four.

Then, the U.S. tightened its defense, found timely scoring and beat Serbia 95-91 in Thursday’s semifinals.

After beating Serbia twice in the past three weeks — once in a friendly and once in group play at the Summer Games — the U.S. needed a huge fourth-quarter comeback to pull out the win and advance to the gold medal game against France. The United States is on course for its fifth straight Olympic gold.

“We knew it was going to be tough,” LeBron James said postgame. “We know Serbia are going to give us everything they have

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