LeBron and Curry Save the Day in Olympic Semis…
The 2024 USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team was like an all-star concert headlined by LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant. While they were expected to stroll out of Paris with a gold medal like they owned the place, Nikola Jokic and Serbia decided to turn up the heat with more twists than a pretzel factory on Aug. 8, 2024. Down by 17, what seemed like a short walk became a hike up Mount Everest as the Americans clawed back, with Curry hitting threes like he was being paid by the swish and LeBron slicing through the defense until they finally overcame the Serbians for a legendary 95-91 win.
Curry was hotter than a microwave on turbo mode, finishing with a blaze-inducing 36 points, while LeBron logged a triple-double that had fans needing an extra hand to count. Jokic was a sensation for Serbia until foul trouble handed him a timeout he didn’t ask for. Meanwhile, Team USA took their fiery momentum into the gold medal game against France, guided by LeBron and Curry like a dynamic duo of basketball superheroes, claiming a 98-87 victory. Some fans still daydream of LeBron-Curry Lakers or Warriors dreams but if nothing else, the 2024 Olympics served up a memory as epic as a dinosaur-sized pizza.
