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Jerry Colangelo: worldwide basketball community needs to ‘step their game up’
“I knew [a backlash] was coming”, Durant said via The Vertical. Nemanja Nedovic paced Serbia with 14 points. “I’m here today three gold medals later”.
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After a relatively slow start by his standards, Durant went off in his final games in Rio, culminating in a 30-point performance in the gold medal game victory over Serbia. Just because it’s ‘Melo, I would love to pass him.
With the win, U.S. forward Carmelo Anthony became the first man with three Olympic basketball gold medals.
The 2014 NBA Most Valuable Player led the way with 30 points as the U.S. overcame a sluggish first quarter by dominating the second 33-14 en route to a third gold in a row and 15th gold overall in the sport. This team was often criticized for its lack of its lack of ball movement and a propensity for too much 1-on-1 basketball on offense.
“You never know what’s going to happen in four years”, he said.
“We came here and despite what people are saying about this group, being less talented and not blowing teams out, we did a good job of bottling all that up and unleashed it on Serbia”, forward Paul George said.
Since Colangelo took over the program in 2005, the Americans have won seven straight FIBA titles in all.
The Americans went undefeated throughout the Olympic tournament, but several games were closer than expected, including a six-point win over Spain in the semifinals and three-point victories over France and Serbia in pool play.
It was also the farewell game for United States coach Mike Krzyzewski, who will be replaced by San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
Kevin Durant said his experience in Rio de Janeiro with Team USA provided a needed escape from the backlash he has received after leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder to sign with the Golden State Warriors.
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Krzyzewski, an assistant on the Dream Team, has long insisted that worldwide basketball has gotten too strong for anyone to win that easily again.