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Olympic men's basketball-Curry 9 three-pointers, James triple-double, the United States reversed Serbia to enter the finals

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The semi-finals of the men's basketball team of the 2024 Paris Olympics continued. The US men's basketball team completed a big reversal in the final quarter, and finally defeated the Serbian men's basketball team 95-91 after four quarters and advanced to the finals. According to the schedule, the US team's opponent in the final is the host French men's basketball team.

The specific scores of the four quarters were 23-31, 20-23, 20-22 and 32-15 (the US team was ahead). On the US team, Curry scored 9 three-pointers, 36 points and 8 rebounds, Embiid scored 19 points and 4 rebounds, and James scored 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. On the Serbian team, Bogdanovic scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Jokic scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, and Avramovic scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

At the beginning, Curry's hands were hot, and he scored 4 three-pointers in the first 3 minutes and 38 seconds. But the Serbian team blossomed, and they scored continuously under Jokic's organization to establish an advantage. After the first quarter, the US team was behind 23-31. Curry scored 17 points in the first quarter!

In the second quarter, Serbia led by 14 points, and Kerr requested a timeout. After the timeout, Serbia's lead reached 17 points. At this time, James scored a three-pointer, and the US team played a 12-5 attack wave to narrow the gap to 10 points. Curry scored another three-pointer, but the US team was 43-54 behind at halftime. Curry scored 20 points in the first two quarters.

In the third quarter, the US team was 7 points behind, and Serbia scored 5 points in a row to lead by 10+ again. Curry scored 2 more three-pointers in a row, and the US team was 59-65 behind. Serbia suddenly broke out and played an 11-2 attack wave to lead by 15 points, and Durant made a jump shot. After three quarters, the US team was behind 63-76.

In the last quarter, the US team played a 10-2 attack wave and fell behind by 5 points and stopped Serbia. Embiid scored continuously, and the US team tied the score to 84, and Serbia called another timeout. Curry hit his 9th three-pointer, and the US team overtook the score! The US team took the lead 91-86, and the Serbian team requested a timeout. Bogdanovic completed a 2+1 attack. With 8.2 seconds left, the Serbian team adopted a foul tactic. Curry made two free throws and the US team led by 4 points. The game lost suspense.

US team starting lineup: Booker, Curry, James, Embiid, Holiday

Serbia team starting lineup: Avramovic, Bogdanovic, Dobrich, Jokic, Petrushev