Team USA’s Men’s basketball team seems to have finally caught a rhythm after two straight blowout wins in the knockout stages.
First, they pulled off a 95-81 win over Spain. After that, on Thursday morning, it was a 97-78 win over Australia. In both games, Kevin Durant looked like the best player in the world. Behind his excellent play, team USA seemed to be back to its normal, dominant ways.
But they’ve still got another demon to exorcise.
After France’s 90-89 win over Slovenia in the Semifinals on Thursday, they’ll play Team USA in the Finals for gold on Friday. And that’s a big deal for France.
The last time Team USA saw France, they lost 83-76. Kevin Durant was somehow held to 10 points and the rest of the team was ice cold.
The difference between their last 3 games and their first game against France was stark.
Durant and Team USA by the 📊s in their last 3 games vs their game vs France: pic.twitter.com/XvktL7gWgm
— The Jump on ESPN (@NBATheJump) August 5, 2021
The rematch is set.
REMATCH IN THE GOLD MEDAL GAME 🚨
Team USA vs France 10:30PM EST on Friday night 🍿 pic.twitter.com/EtzVYwulnt
— Overtime (@overtime) August 5, 2021
Couldn’t have booked it any better if you tried to have France beat Team USA to start the Olympics and now they meet for the Gold.
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) August 5, 2021
They snapped Team USA’s 25 game winning streak with this win and beat them twice in a row. The French have a good basketball team.
This won’t be a cakewalk for Team USA at all, but it’ll be a chance for them to get some revenge for an embarrassing loss.
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