Going into the 2024 Summer time Olympics, there was some actual concern that Workforce USA males’s basketball may undergo an upset loss and go away Paris with out a gold medal after wanting susceptible in its exhibition video games.
Positive sufficient, it fell behind early in Thursday’s semifinal recreation to Serbia, a staff it had defeated twice already in latest weeks, and it trailed by as many as 17 factors.
The US was nonetheless down by 13 at first of the fourth quarter, however it flexed simply sufficient to come back out with a 95-91 victory.
Joel Embiid had 19 factors, and Skip Bayless praised him whereas predicting he would “destroy” France within the gold medal spherical.
Joel Embiid, who may’ve performed for France, will make USA-France for gold a JOKE. pic.twitter.com/BKQBLDTfxj
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) August 8, 2024
As Bayless identified, Embiid, who grew up in Cameroon, may’ve performed for France in these Olympics, as he’s each a French and American citizen.
The journalist stated that since Embiid determined to swimsuit up for the Stars and Stripes, he’ll make the gold medal recreation in opposition to France “a joke.”
France has a superb massive man duo in Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert, however the US has the massive males to counter them, beginning with Embiid.
Workforce USA’s largest benefit, nevertheless, is its pace and shot-making on the perimeter, so it might want to maintain Wembanyama and Gobert off the offensive boards, restrict France to 1 shot and create as many fast-break alternatives as potential.
NEXT:
Analyst Says Workforce USA Gamers Thought Serbia Would Be A ‘Cakewalk’
