In his Olympic debut as Team USA handled Serbia, 110-84 on Sunday, Golden State Warrior Steph Curry scored 11 points.
Leading by example in Sunday’s triumph were fellow Americans Kevin Durant and LeBron James. In his first action this summer Durant ended with a team-high 23 points off the bench. James likewise performed brilliantly with 21 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds.
NBC Sports Bay Area has the whole coverage on Team USA’s Sunday Paris Olympic triumph.
With an unexpected action in Team USA’s victory against Serbia, Stephen Curry sets off powerful emotions
Following a slow start in which they trailed Serbia 10-2, the United States men’s national basketball team sprung into action to easily defeat Nikola Jokic and company comfortably to start their dash for gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
Still, considerable debate surfaced even with Pierre Mauroy Stadium’s easy 110-84 victory. First of all, despite being healthy, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum did not play a single minute, while Golden State Warriors sharpshooter Stephen Curry drew condemnation on social media for a late-game action deemed dubious.Curry’s late triple in a blowout winCurry chose to aim a 3-point try with just 6.3 seconds left in a match that had long been decided, turning off the shot clock and leading Serbia 107-84. Curry sank the shot and turned to celebrate before it had tickled the twine, as he usually does; the last exclamation point in what finally would be Team USA’s dominating triumph.While some X/Twitter supporters termed Curry “disrespectful” for trying the shot when he could have have simply run out the clock, generally compliments were sent Curry’s way after he scored 11 points in 21 minutes with three 3-pointers. Another view revealed that, as the adage goes, “shooters shoot,” the four-time NBA champion hustled hard to grab an offensive rebound off a LeBron James miss.
Curry is, at any rate, a born entertainer who is savoring every moment of his first Olympic Games. Curry, 36, has a chance to add a gold medal to his growing trophy cabinet—which also includes two regular-season MVP titles and a Finals MVP in 2022—and he is obviously living in the moment, regardless of the game clock.