Pierre Haessig (DR) / NBA (DR)

The match between Team USA and Serbia will be remembered for a very long time. Although they came out on top (95-91), the Americans gave themselves a big scare. Even Draymond Green was on the edge of his seat, as he explained after the match.

Serbia faced a huge challenge to qualify for the Olympic final. After losing heavily in the preparation phase (79-105) and in the group stages (84-110) against Team USA, Nikola Jokic and his gang found their bête noire again.

They had no choice but to raise their level and that is exactly what they did… for the first 35 minutes of the match.

In fact, the Serbians played the perfect game, leading by 17 points in the game, until cracking in the fourth quarter and losing (91-95).

The fault lies with Stephen Curry and LeBron James , once again… However, the latter ran behind the score throughout the game, which had the gift of making spectators tense, like Draymond Green, as heard on The Volume Sport .

Draymond under huge stress ahead of Team USA semi-finals

I had butterflies in my stomach watching this game… I was so nervous I almost called LeBron and Stephen Curry and put them on a group chat. I couldn’t believe it. At halftime, we were down by 11 points. I was this close to sending them a group message. But I was tweeting like crazy instead.

We couldn’t lose that game. Even though I didn’t make the Olympic team, I remember very well winning in 2021 and thinking, “Yo, the next step is to beat France, in France.” And somehow, France beat Germany. I actually know how they did it. The matchups were ideal for them.

In the tough throughout the Olympic tournament in Paris, Stephen Curry decided to wake up at the best time for the United States.

Unstoppable from the start of the match, the Chef made the Serbians live a real nightmare.

Author of 36 points at 12/19 shooting, including 9/14 behind the three-point line, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, he is the one who kept his team in the match and who sounded the revolt.

He was also well helped by a King LeBron who came to put the lid on by validating a triple-double based on 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

In short, when everything is not working collectively for Team USA, the bosses are always there to put things back in order.

Surely still euphoric after their qualification for the final, the Blues know the magnitude of their mission to win gold.

The Serbs pushed Team USA to their limits before finally bowing to their battering rams. Surely still disappointed by their defeat, they will at least be able to boast of having shocked all of America, and in particular Draymond Green.