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The most decorated Olympic basketball player EVER 🐐

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2024 Olympic Games Paris | Women’s Basketball, Gold Medal Game
Final: USA 67, France 66

Leaders
PTS: Wilson - 21
REBS: Wilson - 13
ASTS: Gray/Plum - 4

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8-straight golds for the #USABWNT 🥇

With a gold medal in Paris, the USA Women’s National Team claim the longest Olympic gold medal streak in a traditional team sport, passing the USA Basketball Men’s National Team who won 7 straight gold medals from 1936-1968.

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The Greatest Dynasty EVER

The 🇺🇸 #USABWNT wins an eighth-straight Olympic Gold.

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A'ja Wilson registered her 3rd block in the third quarter of the gold medal game. She now has 15 at the Olympic Games Paris, passing Lisa Leslie's record (14) for most rejections by an American at an Olympics.

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🇺🇸 #USABWNT got next.

The Greatest Dynasty Ever goes for an eighth straight Gold.

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Jayson Tatum joins Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the only players to make All-NBA First Team, win the title and win a gold medal all in the same year 👀

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Kevin Durant won his fourth gold tonight, becoming the first American male to earn more than three.

He did a little bit of everything in his fourth gold medal game, scoring 15 points to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

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2024 Olympic Games Paris | Men’s Basketball, Gold Medal Game
Final: USA 98, France 87

Leaders
PTS: Curry - 24
REBS: Davis - 9
ASTS: James - 10

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IT WAS ALWAYS GOLD.

The 🇺🇸 #USABMNT wins a 5th consecutive Olympic gold medal!

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Curry finished shooting 47.8% (22-46 3FG) at the Games and shot 65.4% (17-26 3FG) in the last 2 games from beyond the arc.

With 22 threes, he joins Kevin Durant (twice) and Carmelo Anthony as the only Americans to record 20+ triples in an Olympics.

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The USA and France meet in the Olympic Final today at 3:30 pm ET. The two faced each other for gold in 2021. The USA won that match 87-82. The Americans have faced the French in the gold medal game three times (2021, 2000, 1948) and are 3-0 in those games.

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The Golden Doubleheader: USA vs France

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2024 Olympic Games Paris | Women’s Basketball, Semifinals
Final: USA 85, Australia 64

Leaders
PTS: Stewart - 16
REBS: Wilson - 8
ASTS: Gray/Stewart/Young - 5

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2024 Olympic Games Paris | Men’s Basketball, Semifinals
Final: USA 95, Serbia 91

Leaders
PTS: Curry - 36
REBS: James - 12
ASTS: James - 10

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LeBron James finished with his second Olympic career triple-double tonight, scoring 16 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

Tonight is the fourth time a player has recorded a triple-double at The Games. James is the only player to do it more than once.

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Stephen Curry put on a signature shooting performance in the USA's semifinal win against Serbia. He scored 36 points (12-19 FG, 9-14 3FG), the second-most points by an American at the Olympics. Carmelo holds the record with 37 points against Nigeria in the 2012 Olympics.

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The USA and Serbia will meet in the men's Olympic semifinals today at 3 p.m. ET. The U.S. beat Serbia in their first game of Olympic group play (110-84). Since 1936, the USA are 13-0 when facing a team for the second time in the same Olympic competition.

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2024 Olympic Games Paris | Women’s Basketball, Quarterfinals
Final: USA 88, Nigeria 74

Leaders
PTS: Wilson - 20
REBS: Wilson - 11
ASTS: Thomas - 6

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A'ja Wilson secured her 3rd double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) of the Olympics at the end of the 3rd quarter of the the USA's quarterfinal matchup. She is the first American since Candace Parker (2012) to have as many double-doubles at the event.

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