PARIS — Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago, after winning his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors. The only thing left for him to win was Olympic gold.
And in the ultimate moment, he made sure that medal would be his.The US is atop the international men's basketball world once again, after Curry scored 24 points — all on 3-pointers — and led the way to a 98-87 win over France in the final at the Paris Games on Saturday night. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal for the US and the 17th in 20 all-time appearances for the Americans at the games.
'But we have to recognize at the end that they are better. We are very close... When they make fantastic shots, that's the difference.'The US lead was 14 early in the third, looking poised to pull away. But the offense quickly went cold and when Evan Fournier connected on a 3-pointer with 3:05 left in the quarter the lead was down to 65-59 after a 12-4 run by the hosts.
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