Paris 2024 Olympic Games | Basketball: the summary of France – United States of America
Asked about the upcoming Olympic final, the American leader Stephen Curry expect a huge game from the Blues.
“We expect them to play the game of their lives because they have home advantage and they are on a good run after the last two games. We have to expect them to play well. »
Vincent Collet and his staff changed the major five that worked against Canada and Germany: Ntilikina – Cordinier – Batum – Yabusele – Wembanyama. Kevin Durant started the tournament for the first time for Team USA.
An electric start to the game
In a crazy pace, the two teams engaged in a high-level duel. LeBron James opened the score with a dunk in which he had a secret under a frenzied crowd. Victor Wembanyama started this Olympic final better than any of these other games. He scored 7 of the first 11 French points including a dunk after dribbling Joel Embiid (11-12).
The American back Anthony Edwards made a great entry, causing Evan Fournier to lose the ball. The reigning Olympic champions led at the end of the first quarter, 20-15.
But France has something to answer for. Vincent Collet gave us zone defense along with Matthew Strazel and Nando De Colo. The Blues go in front of a dunk from Bilal Coulibaly (25-24).
Team USA took the pace and led by five points despite the good relationship inside between Yabusele and Lessort. A big dunk from Real Madrid player LeBron James exploded in the Arena Bercy! But in the following actions, the Americans remained and led 49 to 41 at halftime.
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