LeBron, Steph Curry impress for Staff USA in Paris Olympics warmup
LeBron James #6 of Staff USA dunks forward of Dillon Brooks #24 and RJ Barrett #9 of Canada off of an alley-oop go from Stephen Curry #4 within the second half of their exhibition sport forward of the Paris Olympic Video games at T-Cell Area on July 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures/AFP
LeBron James and Steph Curry made a profitable begin as USA team-mates in an 86-72 victory over Canada in a pre-Paris Olympics 2024 exhibition sport in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The 2 NBA superstars are a part of a formidable Staff USA basketball roster that can be chasing a fifth consecutive gold medal when the Paris Olympics get below method this month.
LeBron and Curry are enjoying alongside one another for the primary time as worldwide teammates and confirmed glimpses of a close to telepathic understanding throughout Wednesday’s sport.
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Curry completed with 12 factors whereas James had seven because the US recovered from an early 11-1 deficit to cruise to victory of their remaining sport at house earlier than the Paris Olympics.
They decamp to the United Arab Emirates for exhibition video games towards Australia and Serbia subsequent week.
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Los Angeles Lakers ace LeBron gathered Staff USA for a huddle following a win which advised the People will, unsurprisingly, be pink sizzling favourites for the gold in France.
“We all know we could be a lot higher however we’ve solely been collectively 4 days,” James mentioned afterwards. “All of the miscues offensively, and the turnovers. We’ll get higher with that — nevertheless it begins on the defensive finish.
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“So long as we defend we’ll give ourselves a great likelihood to win each evening.”
Curry agreed that protection can be the important thing to the Olympic marketing campaign.
“We will work out the kinks and the timing on offense, but when we compete like that and decide to enjoying protection, we’ll be superb towards anyone,” Curry mentioned.
James, the NBA’s all-time main factors scorer, in the meantime mentioned he had loved becoming a member of forces with Golden State star Curry.
“We’re simply two guys who like to play the sport of basketball,” James mentioned.
“It’s enjoyable. We play the sport at a excessive stage however extra importantly, we simply play the sport that we love the appropriate method.”
Curry mentioned profitable a fifth consecutive gold can be a group effort.
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“We simply need to win gold, no matter that takes,” Curry mentioned.
“It doesn’t matter what your stats are, irrespective of what number of minutes you play — if everyone on the ground commits to only doing what you’re requested to do, we’ll be good.”
