Do you suppose Mark Few was chewing out a number of the biggest gamers on the planet in that halftime locker room? Most likely not. He’s nonetheless one of many biggest collegiate coaches of all time and now he’s aside of the some of the dramatic Olympic basketball video games to ever have been performed.
A historic comeback victory for Crew USA over Serbia was in due to the best shooter on the planet. USA trailed 76-63 coming into the fourth quarter however Steph Curry hauled the People to that victory within the thrilling Olympic semifinal. He put up 36 factors (second-most by any participant in USA basketball historical past) on 12-19 FG/9-14 3PT (second-most three-pointers made in an Olympic recreation) to go together with 8 rebounds. Nobody might contact Chef Curry on that courtroom as he hit clutch shot after clutch end.
Serbia put collectively arguably their most spectacular efficiency of the event in due to their three-point taking pictures show as a crew within the first half. USA appeared misplaced on protection at instances, leaving Serbian shooters wide-open. They have been playing on steals and going underneath screens. Fortunately, the Serbians began to go chilly within the second half and completed 15-29 3PT (38.5 3PT%).
Filip Petrusev had some actual confidence all through this recreation, particularly when he began jawing at LeBron James. That was a reasonably ballsy transfer however I respect it. He was guarding King James for majority of the semifinals which is insane to suppose how far the previous Zag has come since he was taking part in at Gonzaga simply 4 years in the past. Petrusev completed with 9 factors on 3-6 FG/1-1 3PT, 5 rebounds and three steals in 27 minutes of play.
Few and USA play for gold towards Victor Wembanyama and France on Saturday at 12:30 PM PT. Petrusev and Serbia will likely be taking part in for a bronze medal towards Germany on Saturday earlier within the morning at 8:30 AM PT. You possibly can watch the thrilling motion on USA Community, Peacock and NBCOlympics.com.
Arden Cravalho is a Gonzaga College graduate from the Bay Space… Comply with him on Twitter @a_cravalho
