Highlights: USA 98-87 France Updates in men's basketball in 2024 Olympic Games

 Here's how the last three-pointer of the game went down at the hands of Stephen Curry.

CURRY! Excellent last quarter from Curry who cooperates with ANOTHER TRIPLE and the United States is on its way to the gold.

France cuts to five points with a three-pointer. Last minute to play.

SECOND TRIPLE! Seventh in the game and Curry looks like he's partially giving his team the gold medal.

TRIPLE! Curry with another triple and the U.S. already reaches 90 points with a 9-point lead.

TRIPLE! Timely three-pointer by Curry to extend the lead to six points.

Great steal! France takes advantage of a rebound to score with Wembanyama and it's only 4 of difference.

Yabusele does not take advantage and misses one of his two free throws.

BOOKER! Great block by Devin to prevent France's 3 points.

The United States does not give in and Lebron scores two points.

France counterattack that Lessort takes advantage of to cut the deficit to 8 points.

TRIPLE! Holiday with a three-pointer for the United States to reach 80 points.

Lessort scores only one of his free throws to reach 69 points.

Kevin Durant with a three-pointer and returns the 9-point lead.

France began to press and cut the gap to six points.

The last quarter begins.

France 66-72 United States

Last minute to play. United States makes a double-double basket by Anthony Edwards.

Cordinier misses both of his free throws. France 61-70 United States.

TRIPLE FOR THE UNITED STATES! Lebron James with a three-pointer to keep the 9-point lead over France.

Wembanyama with a three-pointer, but France still down by nine points

LEBRON NUTS! James with two points and continues to extend the lead.

TRIPLE! France surpasses the 50-point mark thanks to a three-pointer by Nando de Colo.

Free throw by Yabusele who makes his two points.

TRIPLE! Curry with another triple and that's 3 for Stephen.

Joel Embiid scores both of his free throws and it's still ten points away.

Durant gets on the scoreboard with this first two-point basket.

The second half begins.

Offensive foul for France. Last minute to play.

It's already 10! Booker with the free throw scored and it is already ten points difference.

Foul and a tally! Yabusele makes a basket and has a free throw for France.

DURANT! Another three more points under his belt to extend the lead over France to 7.

Lebron's free kick gives U.S. a point

Lebron's counterattack with a two-point basket makes the difference five.

ANOTHER TRIPLE! Curry with the triple and regains the lead for the Americans by 27-32.

Devin Booker with a three-pointer to keep the U.S. from pulling away from France.

Wenbayama with another two points to maintain France's lead.

COULIBALY! The Frenchman's three-pointer makes it 25-24.

ANOTHER TRIPLE! Strazel with a triple and they are now only one point behind the United States.

Yabusele's three-pointer cut the gap to four points.

Anthony Davis opens the scoring with a basket

The second quarter begins.

France 15-20 United States.

Anthony Edwards with his first three-pointer and a five-point lead over France

Last minute. The Dream Team wins it by two points.

The United States keeps the triple after a review. Anthony Edwards scored.

Time-out for a play under review

Great steal by the United States and Tatum makes a basket by himself after winning a rebound.

Nicolas Batum attempts a three-point basket but misses his attempt.

Devin Booker with another basket and the United States returns to the lead.

Wembayama gives the French a momentary one-point lead back with a two-point basket.

Kevin Durant's first three-pointer of the game

France takes a 7-5 lead after a basket by Wembayama.

Lebron estrena el marcador para darle ventaja a Estados Unidos.

The match starts

Ntilikina, Cordiner, Batum, Yabusele, Wembanyama

Booker, James, Durant, Curry, Embiid.

The other game where the third place was disputed was between the teams of Serbia and Germany, where the Serbians led by Nikola Jokic, won the golden medal after defeating the Germans by a score of 93-83.

A repeat of the Tokyo Olympic Games final in men's basketball where the French are seeking revenge after losing three years ago to the Americans by a score of 87-82 and the Americans being the gold medal champions.

The most recent podium finish for men's basketball was at the Tokyo Olympics where the top teams were:

United States (gold medal)

France (silver medal)

Australia (bronze medal)

The court is already warming up. Both the French and American teams are already on the court of the Bercy Arena doing warm-up exercises.

They have arrived! The stars have arrived. Both France and USA players are already at the Bercy Arena for this basketball match.

The referees who will dispense justice in this basketball match between France and the United States are: Antonio Conde, Julio Anaya, Wojciech Liszka, and Yaswanth Muttettuwegama.

The venue for this great basketball final will be the Bercy Arena Stadium, which is located in the city of Paris, France. This venue was adapted for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and has been used for various sports in its different modalities.

We resume again our Olympic coverage on VAVEL. There is just under an hour to go until this game between the French men's national team and the United States, corresponding to the men's basketball final at the Olympic Games, kicks off at the Bercy Arena. Both teams want the golden medal. Follow all our coverage on VAVEL.