‘Kevin Durant Captain America’: LeBron James, Michael Jordan, & Others React to Team USA Winning Gold Medal at Tokyo Olympics
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Team USA met the French team in their gold medal game, where they again showed that a lousy start means nothing to the end result. Thanks to a crazy performance from Kevin Durant, they did not just stay in the game but soon started dominating.
The defending champions took all three quarters quite comfortably as the European side kept turning over poorly. It was the duo of Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier, who posed some trouble, but that was far from enough. Team USA won the game 87-82 and also their fourth consecutive Olympic Gold.
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LeBron James and the entire American basketball fraternity erupted
With just 10 seconds remaining in the game, it was a one-possession game. Given Nicolas Batum’s clutch block that won them the game against Slovenia, the Frenchmen expected a similar clutch performance from him. However, a desperate Rudy Gobert fouled and gave Kevin Durant two clutch free throws, which the latter successfully converted.
KD finished the night with 29 points, 6 rebs, 3 assists, and 1 block with 50% field shooting and 88.9% FT shooting. With that, he improved his series average to 20.66 and proved why he deserved all the praise.
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CONGRATULATIONS MEN!!! @usabasketball 🥇
— LeBron James (@KingJames) August 7, 2021
Hell Yeah!!! Shoutout to Team USA Men’s Basketball team for bringing home that Gold Medal! In Kevin Durant we TRUST. Jrue Holiday with an impressive run over the last 4 months winning a NBA Championship and a Gold Medal!!! 🥇🥇🥇
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) August 7, 2021
It really doesn’t make sense how good KD is at basketball..
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) August 7, 2021
USA 🇺🇸
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) August 7, 2021
Thats a big knock tatum
— Mikal Bridges (@mikal_bridges) August 7, 2021
They calling @KDTrey5 Captain America for @TeamUSA. That sounds about right after his 29-point performance in the Gold Medal Game. #USA!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) August 7, 2021
This family goes for gold. Congratulations @jaytatum0 and @bam1of1 for lifting USA Basketball to Olympic Gold against the world’s greatest competitors. #JUMPMAN pic.twitter.com/P0vdekIuWn
— Jordan (@Jumpman23) August 7, 2021
Gold medal for my man @JaValeMcGee !!!
— andre (@andre) August 7, 2021
Gold🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) August 7, 2021
big play draymond
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) August 7, 2021
Congratulations @usabasketball on winning Gold Medal.
🥇🇺🇸 , great tournament!Congrats to @FRABasketball as well for the way you compete during this games.
🥈🇨🇵 #thisgameisdifferent— José Manuel Calderón (@JmCalderon) August 7, 2021
USA 🇺🇸
Congrats @Bam1of1 & the entire team.
💪🏿— Caron Butler (@realtuffjuice) August 7, 2021
Team USA’s Kevin Durant Beats LeBron James & Michael Jordan for a Rare Olympics Record
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Where did Team USA dominate over Team France?
The US side was clear in their head that they wouldn’t defend Rudy Gobert outside of the arc. Well, as much as it saved them some double teams inside the paint, nothing that could stop Rudy from making easy layups and dunks. However, it all went down in the drain as they were pathetic from the free-throw line. They went 18/29 from FT with Rudy alone going 6/13, missing a couple in the final minutes.
Notably, Jrue Holiday‘s defense was on-point as he finished with 3 steals and a block that helped them with some successful transition plays. The French team turned over the ball 18 times as opposed to the USA’s nine. This proved to be a defining factor as the US side showed how they are fundamentally stronger. With that, it was Jayson Tatum‘s stupendous performance from the perimeter that kept the scoreboard ticking.
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