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NBA All-Star Kevin Durant hailed his team for overcoming adversity Saturday after pouring in a game-high 29 points to lead the United States past France 87-82 for a “beautiful” fourth straight Olympic men’s basketball gold medal.
They then crashed to seventh-ranked France in their opening group game, their first defeat at an Olympics since the 2004 edition in Athens. He had already reinforced his stature by surpassing his fellow great during group play to become their all-time leading Olympic points-scorer. “We heard it all over the past few weeks about our team. To fight through this adversity against a great team like these guys… to come together so fast — it was beautiful to see, it was beautiful to be a part of.”Durant scored an eye-popping 30 points in each of his last two gold-medal games, and nearly matched that again, proving how crucial he is in pacing their offense.He ended with three assists and six rebounds while Boston Celtic guard Jayson Tatum racked up 19 points and seven rebounds.
France led 10-4 with five minutes left of the first quarter with the Americans shooting just 2-of-11 from the floor, including 0-of-8 from outside the arc, before they finally found some rhythm and clicked into gear.
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