![]() After Athens, USA Basketball dropped its slapdash method of assembling Olympic teams, and canvassed for players who’d stick around for multiple Olympics and world championships. Gregg Popovich, coach of the San Antonio Spurs, takes over for Tokyo in 2020. He finished undefeated, 24-0, across the last three Games. The Rio Olympics also marks the end of Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure as Olympic coach. Carmelo Anthony, who’s emerged as a wise elder statesman at these Olympics–and consistently made the kind of crucial shots he too often misses with the New York Knicks-became the first men’s player to ever win three gold medals. He finished the gold medal game with 30 points, on 10-19 shooting, including 5-11 from three-point range. Once the knockout round hit, Durant honed in. It might as well have been game over––the second half felt like a formality. held a comfortable 52-29 lead at halftime. Durant finished the second quarter alone with 18 points, and the U.S. ![]() Kevin Durant then took over in the second quarter, at one point hitting two straight threes, then stealing the ball and flushing down a fast break dunk, within a minute. locked down on defense, forcing several desperate three-pointers and taking a 19-15 advantage. Serbia led for most the first quarter, before the U.S. Team USA overwhelmed Serbia, 96-66, on Sunday at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio, to win a third straight Olympic gold medal.
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