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By defeating Serbia, Team USA also got rid of Nikola Jokic, a thorn in its side. A performance that has drawn the wildest comparisons between the Nuggets center and a particularly notorious terrorist figure in the United States.

For 35 minutes, we really thought that Serbia were going to achieve a resounding feat by overcoming Team USA.

Imperial in attack as in defense, Svetislav Pesic’s men delivered a performance that was on the verge of perfection… but they ended up being caught out by the mistakes while on the American side, monsters like Kevin Durant and LeBron James threw their last forces into the battle.

In the end, the reigning Olympic champions did indeed win and will therefore defend their crown against France.

means above all that the US got the better of a certain Nikola Jokic… and the least we can say is that this is an almost unmatched feat in the minds of many American fans.

Some are also going very (too) far in the game of comparisons on the pivot.

The Crazy Comparison Between Nikola Jokic and… Bin Laden

This is what it must have felt like to kill Osama

We are obviously referring here to Osama Bin Laden, former head of Al-Qaeda and responsible for the September 11 attack in New York.

In the eyes of some fans, having (a)beaten Jokic and his team while he has just won his third NBA MVP title would therefore be the equivalent…

They are the only ones to dare such comparisons, especially since they have multiplied in the wake and always in the same vein.

LeBron and Steph are on the same level as 9/11 firefighters after this

I’m not going to lie, taking down Bogdanovic feels the same to me as winning a war.

Nikola Jokic has been terrorizing the NBA for years and it looks set to continue for a while yet. As a result, the Serbian giant’s elimination from the 2024 Olympics is bringing the same joy to American fans as the death of Osama Bin Laden. Quite crazy…