During their pre-Olympic showcase series, Team USA’s toughest test came against South Sudan. South Sudan led throughout the game and pushed Team USA down to the wire in a competitive and tight contest.
On Wednesday, the pair met for the second time in the group stage of the Olympic games in Paris. While Team USA was able to handle business and cruise to their second win in the Olympics, Steph Curry uncharacteristically struggled to shoot the ball against South Sudan on Wednesday.
Curry finished with only 3 points on 1-of-9 shooting from the field. Curry went ice-cold from beyond the arc, shooting 0-of-6 from deep in 21 minutes against South Sudan. Curry was able to add a highlight-worthy lob to the rim for a Jayson Tatum dunk.
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TATUM SLAM.#USABMNT was rolling in the 3Q 🔒💥— NBA (@NBA) July 31, 2024
Bam Adebayo led Team USA with 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the floor with seven boards in 21 minutes off the bench. Devin Booker, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards and Derrick White all added double-figure scoring numbers in Team USA’s 103-86 win on Wednesday.
With their ticket already punched to the quarterfinals with back-to-back wins, Team USA will wrap up the group stage on Saturday at 8:15 a.m. PT against Jose Alvarado and Puerto Rico.
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