Curry sent everyone to sleep.
USA vs France (Olympic final)
This is best final that paris could offer us.
The two teams are prepared. French players: Batum, Cordinier, Wembanyama, Yabusele and Ntilikina.
American players: Booker, LeBron, Durant, Curry and Embiid.
The match starts in Bercy, the two teams go strong, with LeBron’s dunk that shocked everyone, and with Wembanyama triple as an answer. The scoreboard is 3-2.
The match was pretty similar, almost every attack from both teams were a 2 or 3 pointer.
France begun to defend in area, now the americans were separating from the blue team. At minute 9 france put the two towers, Gobert and Wembanyama, but a little late because the first fourth finished and France was 5 away from USA (15-20).
Source: Marca.com
The 2 fourth begun France does not have very good percentages in triples 1/9 and 4/11. But luckly, for France Wembanyama appears and executes this wonderful play.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
France starts strong the second fourth, Yabusele scores a 3 pointer and Strazel anothr one, and if it is not enough Coulibaly scores a 2 pointer, this makes the dream team nervious such a point that Steve Kerr asks for a time-out. The scoreboard is now 25-24.
LeBron tries things like a pass behind his back or throwing the ball against the board, but with Wembanyama in the middle it was impossible. But neither LeBron and the american team lowered he level, in fact they increased it. LeBron scored a 2 pointer against Wembanyama (only for his physic) and Curry scores his first triple at the match.
The dream team is slowly lengthening the distance between the blues 33-37, 33-40…
Yabusele gains a lot leadership, he’s basically who scores in France.
It seems that Curry is geting a little bit better now he scored 2 three pointers. LeBron steels the ball and counterattack of the americans, they are like stampede, and Booker scores, and he takes 1 free throw due to Fournier’s fault. Now the scoreboard is 36-46.
Yabusele, the French player scores two times before the buzzer beats.
End of the second fourth.
Yabusele’s point:
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The 3 rd fourth begins, Durant scores enfront of Wembayama, USA now is 41-51, ten point of difference. The american players have now 13 points of difference, thanks to Curry’s triple. Yabusele is tremendous he scores another 2 pointer for France. But unfortunately for the blues Embiid shoots two free throws that go in.
Curry is waking up from nap time, now he’s on 4/8 triples France gets anxious and asks for time out.
Embiid and Gobert start to argue so they both recive a fault and USA a technical one.
France is giving everything, Wembayama converts a 3 pointer to give encouragment to the team. Scoreboard: 56-65. Time-out from USA.
Source: Solobasket
It seems that France is now involved in the game, with a triple of Fournier that leaves them 6 points away from the Dream Team 59-65. The match continues, LeBron does not want to lose this match t any cost so he goes and converts a 3 pointer.
Fournier doesn’t stop with the triples he has 3 already since he entered in the third fourth. One of the most beatifull plays was the counterattack of Durant that then passed to Edwards doing an alley-oop.
USA loses it last possesion, so De Colo sent the ball to the board but as Durant touched the hoop the point was valid.
Source: Gigantes del Basket
France won the third fourth 25-23.
The last fourth starts with two dunks from Davis (USA) and Lessort (France).
Durant is still on the game, he scores at the last second because the blue ones are defending rough.
But the americans don’t have mercy, they start to give it all in defense, Holiday comes strong with a 3 pointer, but Lessort isn’t letting them win in their house so he goes on with a spectacular point.
France is losing agility, the last 2 attacks were miserable they didn’t score anything. The scoreboard is now 74-82. But luckly USA isn’t having a good time, loosing their 3 last attacks. Now the Dream Team is focusing on doing faults and the French are missing some.
Now it’s Curry’s time, he scores a triple when they are 3 miutes left, then he goes with another one that makes them feel the gold medal. If it’s not enough Durant converts 2 free throws into 2 points. France asks for time-out.
Source: ESPN Deportes
After the time-out Curry is on fire, scoring 3 triples in 2 minutes, Wembayama converts a 3 pointer but it’s not enough. Curry for the last triple of the match, and he does it !!!!!! Four triples in three minutes, amazing.
In the Bercy arena Chef Curry sent everyone to sleep.😴😴😴.
Source: 20 minutos