In the Saitama Super Arena, Durant was Durant from the Brooklyn Nets with 29 points Best Werfer's Overall Sovereign Team. The Americans also gained in Tokyo after Triumphen in Beijing, London and Rio and celebrated the 16th gold in one of their paradays. For France, which re-missed the first Olympic Sieg and took silver for the third time, Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier (16 each) met safely.
For the 32-year-old Durant it was his third gold in Japan - and again he was the crucial man. The two-time NBA champion had already shaped the 2016 final courses against Serbia and 2012 against Spain with 30 points. Throughout the French, Durant controlled 21 meters alone in the first half.
In the meantime his team had already led with more than ten points and went to the hectic closing quarter at the 71:63. France came ten seconds before the end up to three counters, but the surprise was no longer enough.
The US achieved the revenge for two bitter defeats against the World Cup third France. For the Olympia prelude, the French had won in the first group match 83:76 and added the NBA rodemble so the first defeat at Olympia for 17 years. At the 2019 World Cup, France had thrown the US from the tournament in the quarterfinals.
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