US fans celebrate as men's Olympic basketball team reaches final
United States basketball fans celebrate after their Olympic men's team reached the tournament final, beating Serbia in a nail-biting semi-final. US icon Steph Curry scored 36 points as his team came back from a losing position to win by just four points. The victory sets up a gold medal showdown with Olympic hosts France on 10 August.
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00:00USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:06USA! USA baby! USA in the final! We're in the final!
00:11To the finish!
00:17USA baby! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:24Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
00:26It was amazing. I mean, it was really a terrible first half
00:29but LeBron and his staff really put it together in the second.
00:32It was really exciting to see them figure out the defense in the fourth quarter.
00:35It was an awesome comeback.
00:37At first I was wondering if we were going to be able to come back,
00:40and then it picked up really quickly towards the end and it was just an unreal finish
00:43and it was an absolutely amazing time to watch USA come together like that at the end.
00:48It was unreal.
00:49It came close at the end, but that's the best type of game to watch.
00:59That's crazy.
01:15Incredible.
01:16No matter what happens, it's going to be an amazing, historic evening.
01:21Either LeBron James, the king, wins the gold medal,
01:25or France wins with Wembley here in Paris.
01:29Brilliant.
01:30I say, this year, the French,
01:33until the end, the French, until the end of the year!
01:37Until the end of the year, the French!