Stephen Curry was the hero of the United States’ 98-87 win over France in the gold medal game on Saturday, hitting eight threes in total and four in a ridiculous fourth-quarter stretch that helped the Americans seal the win.
After the contest, who posed for his first-ever gold medal with LeBron James, Derrick White, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton:
Curry also had fun with a few of his teammates after the game:
There may not have been a gold for the men were it not for Curry, who also scored 36 points and hit nine three-pointers in a semifinals comeback win over Serbia.
There may not have been a gold for the men were it not for Curry, who also scored 36 points and hit nine three-pointers in a semifinals comeback win over Serbia.
“Before every shot you take, you think it’s going in,” he told reporters Saturday. “All I saw was the rim. I didn’t see who was in front of me. I knew it was kind of a late clock situation, but that one impressed myself.”
“I’ve seen that from Steph a few times but it never gets old,” Team USA head coach Steve Kerr added. “It’s a global game with a lot of great players, but we still feel we have the greatest players.”
For Curry, who participated at his first and likely last Olympics, it was an experience he won’t soon forget.
“It’s everything I imagined, and more,” he told reporters regarding his first Olympics experience. “We all signed up for this mission, to continue USA Basketball’s dominance. Obviously, I understood it was going to be a really tough task, with some great teams that we were going to face. It’s a sense of relief, at the end, but it’s more like a sense of accomplishment, obviously knowing what we were able to do.”