Golden, again: US men’s basketball beats France 87-82 for Tokyo title
2020 Tokyo Olympics.[Credit: Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Game]
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) – Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. men’s basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game.
The Americans expected nothing less. And in the end, their Olympic reign continues.
Kevin Durant scored 29 points and joined Carmelo Anthony as the only three-time men’s gold medalists in Olympic history, Jayson Tatum added 19 and the U.S. held off France 87-82 on Saturday to win the title at the Tokyo Games.