Team USA Loses Opening Game Against France
The United States men’s basketball team fell to France 83-76 in their opening Olympic game Sunday. This defeat breaks their 24-game winning streak during Olympic play.
France guard Evan Fournier topped all players with 28 points, including leading his team on a 14-0 run during the fourth quarter. Rudy Gobert was just rebound of a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine rebounds.
Jrue Holiday was a huge spark for Team USA and contributed 18 points, including 12 points in the final quarter. Kevin Durant 10 points on a dismal 4/12 and also fouled out late in the fourth quarter.
Team USA was up 45-37 during halftime but couldn’t keep up the momentum to finish the game. Losing is not something Team USA is used to as they haven’t lost a game since 2004 in Athens, Greece, where they finished third overall.
The next two matches will be against Iran and the Czech Republic. With two exhibition losses in Las Vegas and now this loss, Team USA has to go forward with a sense of urgency and realize this gold medal will not come easy. Although this is just group play and not elimination games, other teams will have confidence going up against Team USA.
| # | Players | Min | Pts | FG | 2Pts | 3Pts | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | PF | TO | STL | BLK | +/- | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Ntilikina | Did not play – Coach decision | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Timothé Luwawu Kongbo | 15:07 | 2 | 1/616.7% | 1/333.3% | 0/30% | 0/0– | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 1 |
| 4 | Thomas Heurtel | 17:12 | 5 | 2/540% | 1/1100% | 1/425% | 0/0– | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Nicolas Batum | 30:54 | 5 | 1/425% | 0/10% | 1/333.3% | 2/2100% | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | Guerschon Yabusele | 18:34 | 6 | 3/475% | 3/475% | 0/0– | 0/0– | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 9 |
| 10 | Evan Fournier | 33:47 | 28 | 11/2250% | 7/1070% | 4/1233.3% | 2/366.7% | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 12 | Nando De Colo | 32:09 | 13 | 4/1136.4% | 2/633.3% | 2/540% | 3/475% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Vincent Poirier | 10:47 | 3 | 1/250% | 1/250% | 0/0– | 1/1100% | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 21 | Andrew Albicy | Did not play – Coach decision | |||||||||||||||
| 27 | Rudy Gobert | 28:41 | 14 | 5/683.3% | 5/683.3% | 0/0– | 4/850% | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 28 | Petr209 Cornelie | 01:30 | 0 | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | Moustapha Fall | 11:19 | 7 | 1/250% | 1/250% | 0/0– | 5/683.3% | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Team/Coaches | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 83 | 29/6246.8% | 21/3560% | 8/2729.6% | 17/2470.8% | 9 | 33 | 42 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 90 | |
| # | Players | Min | Pts | FG | 2Pts | 3Pts | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | PF | TO | STL | BLK | +/- | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Keldon Wilder Johnson | 09:18 | 0 | 0/10% | 0/10% | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 1 |
| 5 | Zach Lavine | 18:15 | 8 | 3/650% | 1/250% | 2/450% | 0/0– | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 9 |
| 6 | Damian Lillard | 27:48 | 11 | 3/1030% | 0/10% | 3/933.3% | 2/366.7% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Kevin Wayne Durant | 20:40 | 10 | 4/1233.3% | 3/650% | 1/616.7% | 1/1100% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Khris Middleton | 05:27 | 0 | 0/20% | 0/20% | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Houston Jerami Grant | Did not play – Coach decision | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | Jayson Tatum | 23:42 | 9 | 3/933.3% | 2/450% | 1/520% | 2/2100% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Javale McGee | 01:55 | 2 | 0/10% | 0/10% | 0/0– | 2/2100% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Jrue Randall Holiday | 27:52 | 18 | 5/1338.5% | 2/728.6% | 3/650% | 5/683.3% | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Edrice Femi Adebayo | 25:23 | 12 | 5/862.5% | 5/862.5% | 0/0– | 2/450% | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 20 |
| 14 | Draymond Jamal Green | 21:10 | 2 | 1/1100% | 1/1100% | 0/0– | 0/0– | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Devin Booker | 18:30 | 4 | 1/616.7% | 1/425% | 0/20% | 2/366.7% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 2 |
| Team/Coaches | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 76 | 25/6936.2% | 15/3740.5% | 10/3231.2% | 16/2176.2% | 11 | 25 | 36 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | -7 | 82 | |
