“Being part of the Olympics has been a dream,” Popovich said. Olympic team- “the powers that be actually selected Doug Collins instead of me, it’s hard to believe,” Popovich joked earlier this summer - then accepted the task of replacing Mike Krzyzewski as the U.S. He was playing for the United States Air Force Academy, tried unsuccessfully to make the 1972 U.S. coach Gregg Popovich, it completes an Olympic journey that started a half-century ago. women in basketball at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.įor Milwaukee Bucks teammates Holiday and Khris Middleton, it’s admission into a rare club: Before now, only Scottie Pippen (who did it twice), Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving had won an NBA title and Olympic gold in the same year.Īnd for U.S. JaVale McGee now has Olympic gold, just like his mother Pamela won with the U.S. Jrue Holiday now is an Olympic gold medalist, just like his wife Lauren was twice with the U.S. The mission was accomplished: Gold, again - the 16th time in 19 Olympic tries for the U.S.įor some, it adds to family legacies.
The summer started with two exhibition losses, the Olympics started with a loss to France, and none of that seemed to matter much at the end. had a quick answer - a 9-2 run that restored a 10-point lead on Tatum’s 3-pointer.įrom there, it was just a matter of finishing the job. Guerschon Yabusele scored 13, Nando de Colo had 12 and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 11 for France.įrank Ntilikina’s 3-pointer got France within 73-70 with 5:42 left, but the U.S. Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert each scored 16 for France, which now has four silver medals - all coming after gold-medal-game losses to the U.S.
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