It certainly was not easy, but Jrue Holiday and Team USA came away with a 95-91 win over Serbia on Thursday. Holiday started the game, scoring 3 points on 1 for 2 shooting. He added 7 assists in the game.
The United States trailed 54-43 at halftime and 76-63 after three. The American team went on a 32-15 fourth-quarter run to win the game.
The big story for the Americans was Steph Curry. who scored a game-high 36 points. Big man Joel Embiid was also strong for the USA with 19 points, while LeBron James had 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists in the game.
For Serbia, Nikola Jokic scored 17 points, while Bogdan Bogdanovic led the team with 20.
USA minutes in a close game:
Stephen Curry: 33:06
LeBron James: 32:19
Joel Embiid: 26:34
Devin Booker: 24:14
Kevin Durant: 24:01
Jrue Holiday: 20:02
Anthony Edwards: 13:20
Anthony Davis: 10:13
Bam Adebayo: 9:25
Derrick White: 6:46
Tyrese Haliburton: DNP
Jayson Tatum: DNP— Jon Metler (@JonMetler) August 8, 2024
Holiday and Team USA will now play for the Gold Medal on Saturday. The Americans will face off against the host country, France. These two teams met up in the Summer Olympics of 2020. The game is slated for 12:30 pm PST. Earlier in the day Germany will take on Serbia for the Bronze medal.