USA Men’s Basketball advances to Gold Medal Game After 17 point comeback against Serbia

  

Manila, Philippines – USA basketball came up victorious after a massive comeback against Nikola Jokic (SERBIA). USA defeated Serbia 95-91 in their semi-final match-up to advance to Gold Medal Match against the host nation France in Paris OLYMPICS 2024.

USA Men's Basketball advances to Gold Medal Game After 17 point comeback against Serbia

USA trailed most of the game 25-42 at 6minute frame in the second period and a 13 points behind 63-76 going into the final period.

Heroes of USA basketball come to the rescue in the final period as LeBron James added to his resume with another triple-double in OLYMPICS with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Stephen Curry delivered his best performance with 36points, 9 of 14 in 3 point line shooting, including 8 rebounds. Joel Embiid also added 19points.

USA rallied back in the final period outscored Serbia (32-15). Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nikola Jokic led Serbia with 20 and 17 points respectively. Serbia will now face current FIBA World Cup champion Germany to a Bronze medal match.

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