The first "dream team", the biggest from 1992, won the final with plus 32, the second four years later reached the gold with 26 points more than their rivals.
After that, there were also those who did not deserve the mentioned nickname, and then this summer, the United States of America sent all the biggest NBA stars to Paris - and realized that the difference between them and Europe is not so big anymore.
The Americans again played the best basketball at the Olympic Games, with a victory in the final over the host France (98:87). two days earlier against Serbia in the semi-finals.
Lebron James and his friends didn't lose their heads at any point tonight, even when France threatened to lose three minutes before the end (82:79), but they know they had a rival to respect.
In the end, one of the world-class stars had to swim out, and again it was the unreal Steph Curry who put an end to the new gold with "crazy" three-pointers after the aforementioned threat from France...
Steve Kerr's team was in the lead practically from the start of the game, but on the wings of the phenomenal atmosphere of the iconic "Bersi", the host did not give up...
There were also attractive moves by the French, the audience was first brought to their feet by Victor Vembanjama, but the real earthquake came when Gershon Yabusele (the best in the first half) scored and sent one of the greatest LeBron James to the "poster".
At that moment, the scoreboard showed 40:36, but right after that, the Americans went to plus ten for the first time through Devin Booker and Kevin Durant (46:36).
The Americans threatened at the beginning of the third quarter after Stef Kari's triples that they could "unstick" (61:47), but Vincent Kole's persistent boys refused to give up.
Fournier kept France alive with three-pointers, only for Nando De Colo to steal the ball before the last decisive 10 minutes and was faster than the siren by minus six (72:66).
And then, when it was perhaps expected that the Americans would fly to the gold, Nando de Kolo and Jabusele reduced it to 82:77, only for Vembanja to set a "terrifying" 82:79 for three minutes...
And then a one-man show - just as he scored from impossible positions in the moments when Golden State's titles were "breaking", just like against Serbia, Stef Kari once again showed why he is a living legend...
He tied four triples and symbolically showed everyone that they can go to sleep - the match is settled, the gold goes to the United States of America once again.
Curry finished the match with 24 points, Durant (who won his fourth Olympic gold) and Booker scored 15 each, and James scored 14, with 10 assists.
At the home team, the new NBA sensation Vambanjama scored 26 points, and Jabusele scored 20.
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