Olympic Men's Basketball (Spoiler)

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USA beats France 98-87

Its a real treat to watch these NBA stars - Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, LeBron James - play on the same team. They are SO GOOD.

8 3-pointers for Curry.

[Bantamfancier]

1. Curry was unreal.

4 3pointers in a row in about 2 minutes at the end. Mr. Clutch.

[questionseverything]

2. Curry made a ton of difference with his 4-3 pointers

In the 4th quarter

I don’t understand how this is his first olympic appearance?

[ProfessorGAC]

8. A Reasonable Explanation?

In 2012, he wasn't yet Steph "Freaking" Curry. He was just in the league 3 years, only averaged 16ppg, hadn't yet changed the game (creating his own shot for 3), had an injury history & hadn't filled out to prevent getting pushed around on defense.
2016 is more questionable because he was a champion, the game had changed because of him, and he won an MVP.
The Tokyo games were in '21 not '20, and he was hobbling at the end of that season. They may have asked him but he didn't feel like he could.
This year, he ended the season healthy, he's an elder statesman of the game, he's internationally popular, so he HAD to go. In 4 years, he may be retired, so even if he was tired from the season, he had to accept.

[questionseverything]

12. Ty for explaining... he sure made the difference today!

[calguy]

3. Steph Curry is a baaaddd man

Mugged an excellent French team with dagger three pointers when it counted. Mr. Clutch.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. I Admit I Was Surprised It Was That Close

One thing I noted is that heard almost nothing about Curry for the whole Olympics, then he scores 60 in the last 2 games. It was Duran, Duran, Duan, James, James, James & some Embiid & Edward's thrown in.
The flaw in this roster was there were no true 2 way players except for James & he's 40. They had O guys, they had D guys, but when the O was indefensible, the D was substandard. And vice versa.
I watched the games and I don't think they played to their potential & we could have constructed a better overall team.
Yet, they won the Gold. So, I guess it doesn't matter.

[montanacowboy]

5. Seth Curry

bad ass!

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7. As Biden would say - Come on man! Seth is Steph's brother.

Still a pretty good shooter though.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. More Than Pretty Good!

His career accuracy is actually 0.5% better than his brothers.
Now, that's not a full story stat, because Steph creates his own shot off the dribble while Seth is a spot-up shooter.
But, 43% career from 3 is awfully, awfully good.
Seth is not, though, the all-around player his brother is. He's probably not the all-around player that his dad was. But, shooting matters, and he can sure shoot.

[a kennedy]

6. Curry's first Gold too......

He is just insane with those 3’s......insane. They’re just perfect.

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10. Steve Kerr was a perfect 3 point shooter back in the day

when the Bulls were all the rage.

[a kennedy]

16. Gotta like Kerr......

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Curry was amazing

Never seen anything like that in a championship game. That was an all time performance that no one will ever forget.

[mcar]

11. Steph was unconscious!

What an incredible talent - along with LeBron, Kevin, etc.

Kudos to France, too, for a great game.

[oswaldactedalone]

13. Amazing!!

4 dagger threes in the final 3 mins. to finally put France away, the last one off balance off the wrong foot and nothing but nylon!! Incredible!!

[ProfessorGAC]

15. He Said...

...that he was getting gassed & that shot was "just a heave", but all that practice kicked in & it went in.
I guess if you shoot a couple thousand 3s a week for 15 years, that kind of "luck" happens.

[iluvtennis]

17. Steph give the "night night" to the France crowd with that last 3-pointer.

nbcolympics STEPH WAS ICE COLD DOWN THE STRETCH. ❄️ Four three-pointers in TWO MINUTES 11 SECONDS to close out France for the gold medal.

Link to tweet

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18. For the record, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks

played in the Olympics for his native country of Greece, but they were eliminated early on. He is a great player.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. I Watched The Medal Ceremony

Steph got the biggest fan reaction when his name was announced.
I'd say the 2nd biggest ovation was for Durant, then Lebron.
Predictably, the French fans booed the heck out of Embiid.