US men’s basketball team rallies to beat Serbia at Paris Olympics, will face France for gold medal

PARIS— Down by 11 in the fourth quarter , against what seemed like overwhelming odds , the United States Olympic men's basketball team found a spark . A total of six. Kay Durant and Vin de Booker came up with a wild sequence to start the comeback . Curry scored 36 points , including a 3 - pointer with 2:16 left in Thursday night 's semifinal , as the United States beat Serbia 95-91 .​ LeBron James United States scored a triple - double in Olympic history , trailing by 17 points in the first half and facing 11 points at halftime - one of the best by a team that missed one PPaNBA player for the Olympics .​​ blend in 1992. "I 've seen a lot of Team USA basketball ," Curry said. "It was a special one ."

Serbia led by 11 with 7:19 left. The rest of the way, it was all U.S. The Americans won a game where they led for 3 minutes, 25 seconds. Serbia led for 35:12 — nearly 90% of the game.

But it’ll be the U.S. against host france for gold in a dream matchup for the host nation on Saturday, while Serbia will face Germany earlier Saturday for bronze. The gold-medal game is a rematch from the Tokyo Games three years ago,