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USA vs. Serbia: Score and Reaction from 2016 Olympic Men's Basketball
USA vs. Serbia: Score and Reaction from 2016 Olympic Men's Basketball
It required a sigh of relief as Bogdan Bogdanovic's potential game-tying three-pointer missed in the final seconds of Friday's Group A showdown at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the United States men's basketball team beat Serbia 94-91 to improve to 4-0.The Americans survived a late charge after building an early 18-point lead and again struggled to put away an opponent after surviving Australia with a late surge and 10-point win Wednesday.Serbia gradually chipped away at the advantage the United States held for the entire game before it found itself with the ball with a chance to tie.
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Could Carmelo Anthony Become the Greatest Olympic Men's Basketball Player Ever?
Could Carmelo Anthony Become the Greatest Olympic Men's Basketball Player Ever?
The fourth quarter had barely started and the United States had already relinquished a tenuous lead.A layup from Australia big man Joe Ingles put the Boomers up by two, and the heavily favored American men's basketball team found itself in danger of dropping its first game Olympic game since 2004.Earlier that evening, Carmelo Anthony had connected on a three-pointer from the top of the key to give him 276 career points in the Olympics, moving him past LeBron James for the top spot on Team USA's all-time Olympic scoring list.
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Carmelo Anthony Is The Greatest Olympic Men's Basketball Player Of All Time
Carmelo Anthony Is The Greatest Olympic Men's Basketball Player Of All Time
Carmelo Anthony won his third gold medal as a member of Team USA to solidify his legacy as the best Olympic Men's Basketball player ever.Team USA Men's Basketball won their 15th gold medal, blowing out Serbia 96-66 on Sunday.At the center of the celebration was Carmelo Anthony.