[tense music builds]
[commentator 1] What a first quarter it's been.
[commentator 2] Australia putting the press on Serbia.
It's win or go home.
[commentator 1] That's some good basketball by Australia.
[in Serbian] Foul him, for Christ's sake!
[commentator 1 in English] The Boomers having their way with Serbia.
[in Serbian] Hit them. Make fouls!
He's gotten through five times, you haven't committed a single foul!
- [commentator 1 in English] Wow. - [commentator 2] You blink, it's 44 to 20.
- [commentator 1] Alarm bells are ringing. - Yes, Serbia need to figure it out.
[in Serbian] We want to win the game? How?
[commentator 1 in English] The best thing you can say right now for Serbia…
- There's a long way to go. - [commentator 2] Yeah.
[heavy bass music plays]
[Pešić in Serbian] You're here to play the quarterfinals,0
and they push you around, hit you.
But I still think it's bad. You play like fucking wimps.
Like fucking wimps.
Where's your fucking pride? Fuck the tactics.
They've beaten us up, cut us down.
Sorry, guys, sorry. Fight on the court.
Fuck the coach. Fuck everyone.
Go out and win.
[tense string music plays]
[Bogdanović in English] Basketball is always about gaining momentum.
Mike Tyson said that everybody has a plan until they get hit in the face, and then,
you know, you start hitting back. [laughs]
You have to find the rhythm of the game to find that control.
[commentator 2] Serbia, turning up the heat a little bit.
[commentator 1] Despite being down by 24 points,
here they are knocking on the door.
Bogdanović makes it. Look how quickly the lead disappears.
It's a four-point advantage for Australia.
[Bogdanović] Being captain for national team of Serbia,
it's another level of pressure.
That's how it goes in Serbia. It's not just basketball.
[commentator 1] And this Serbian team is relentless.
[Bogdanović] If we believe in each other, if we really truly believe,
there's nothing to be scared of.
That's most important.
[commentator 1] Serbia have done it.
They have come all the way back to take the lead.
- [dramatic music plays] - [commentator 2] Here we go.
[commentator 1] Terrific comeback for Serbia. They were down 24 points.
Now, it all comes down to this last play.
[whistle blows]
[commentator 1] Medal dreams on the line for both teams.
Gets it into Reath.
Hands it off to Patty Mills.
The game clock down to five. Puts it up from the elbow.
It goes in!
[crowd cheering]
- [horn blows] - [commentator 1] We got overtime.
[in Serbian] Just keep on playing. Keep playing.
[commentator 1 in English] So many people talking about this being the best
Olympic men's tournament of all time.
- This kind of illustrates it. - [commentator 2] I would have to agree.
[Pešić in Serbian] Come on. Defense! Defense!
[commentator 1 in English] Mills. Gets in… Lays it up.
Oh, it was going in, and what a play by Jokić.
Knocked it off the rim.
[Bogdanović] Jokić is a one of a kind talent.
Wherever he plays, he's the best guy on the floor.
He was always calm, and in control, and he didn't lose the mind.
[commentator] Pump fake.
Jokić…
Serbia back in front.
[Bogdanović] He gives everything. When it's time to score, he scores.
[commentator 1] Jokić up against Reath.
Little turn around on the baseline. Oh my.
Jokić has just put his team on his back.
- [commentator 2] An absolute clinic. - [commentator 1] He has saved them.
He's Nikola Jokić, and he's the best player in the world.
[commentator 1] And Serbia are going to hold on
and win a most remarkable quarterfinal.
[crowd cheering and shouting]
[man in Serbian] You're the man! Way to go, legend!
[coach] Way to go, man. Bravo, Boco!
[Bogdanović in English] Being in semifinals is huge accomplishment,
but tomorrow is another game against USA.
[Pešić in Serbian] Fight for the medal, guys.f
[in English] Somebody will have to beat them, for the good of the sports,
and hopefully that'll be us.
[in Serbian] Come on. Let's go!
Well done, Serbs!
- Who's the best? - Serbia!
[clapping]
[in English] We have to go out there and compete
like it's our last game of our lives.
[tense music fades out]
[indistinct overlapping chatter]
[pundit 1] The Olympics are rolling on and so is team USA.
Next is a semifinals matchup against Serbia on Thursday.
The winner of USA-Serbia is gonna face
the winner of France-Germany for the gold medal.
[tense string music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[in French] Normal, normal. Talk to me.
Switch, switch!
[Collet] I'm happy with what we're doing right now.
It's not a question of talent or no talent.
Of course we have talent, as do our opponents,
and some more than us.
It's about preventing our opponents from playing their best.
Germany is a great team,
and it's the same for beating them.
And I think we really have the capacity.
[music ends]
When you reach the quarterfinals, things move very quickly.
We've won and tomorrow we've got to do it again.
If there's one thing I'd like to share with you,
what I sensed yesterday,
particularly at the start of the match, was the change in your mindset.
And yesterday, we finally did what we wanted to do together.
The most important thing for me.
In other words, I had a feeling
that I was coaching a team with incredible collective power.
With this state of mind, I don't know what's going to stop us.
[clapping]
[indistinct chatter]
- Blue, white, red! - Together!
[Gobert in English] Become one of the last four teams
and then anything can happen, you know?
We're learning from all the things that happened the last few weeks,
and, uh… we try to keep what's really gonna be useful for us.
And then we just go out there, give everything we got,
and at the end, we live with the result.
[dramatic note plays]
[commentator 1] A massive night at Bercy Arena here in Paris.
The host country, France, looking to medal,
and with a win they can confirm they will,
taking on the undefeated Germans.
France ready to electrify this crowd,
but Germany has been stingy and playing with a lot of confidence.
[dramatic music builds]
[Batum] If you want to win, like, you got to just show up.
Show up with pride and give everything you have on the court.
It can be pretty special to just have a chance to win a medal
on your home floor…
one time in your life, one time.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] A rematch from group play between these teams.
That was dominated by Germany, 85-71 final score.
This team believes they can win a gold medal.
[Fournier] Winning two times against the same team in the same tournament
is extremely hard, and…
I mean, it's gonna be a fight. [chuckles] You know.
[commentator 1] This is gonna be a crazy environment.
It's loud in this building.
[commentator 2] The energy is in here. This is what you play for, right?
[Nowitzki] For us Germans,
I feel like this is the best generation we've ever had.
[pensive music plays]
We're big, we're physical,
we have shooters, we have playmakers, we have defenders.
So, I'm allowing myself to dream here a little bit,
but I never thought that we will win the World Cup at some point.
So, now we're here, and we're the world champs.
So, I think they can win it all.
[commentator 1] Germany have done it. They've conquered the world!
[Nowitzki] It was fun to watch last year winning the World Cup.
World champs, undefeated, which is obviously an incredible tournament.
I couldn't really believe what I was watching.
So proud of these guys.
[Herbert] I really like our demeanor to really get after it.
I loved the idea that we play to win.
You know, we still have a mountain to climb.
[man breathing deeply]
[Herbert] Being world champions, there is expectations.
The French team can be very physical, they can be very intimidating, and,
you know, we can't be complacent.
We can't think just because we beat them the first time,
there's gonna be a second time. This is gonna be a different team.
[in French] Junkyard dogs!
[Collet] You know, like me, no two basketball games are alike.
And you can't just push a button to succeed.
I'll tell you what I feel in my gut, how I see this game playing out.
What I saw last Tuesday, is that when you decide to do all this,
nothing can stop you.
Nothing can stop you.
And as I look at you all, standing at the ready.
Will one of you let the Germans steal the finals we deserve?
So tonight, let's play with rage, with rage!
- Let's go! - Let's go!
[all shouting]
Let's go!
- Blue, white, red! - Together!
[tense music builds slowly]
[Batum in English] When you're at home, the crowd won't hate you
if you lose fighting and giving up your life.
Number 5, the captain, Nicolas Batum!
If you get blown out, and didn't show up,
then they have every right to kill you.
[chuckles, exclaims]
[crowd in French] Come on, Blues!
Come on, Blues! Come on, Blues!
[commentator 1 in English] We are underway.
Wagner working on Wembanyama with seven to shoot.
Wagner goes right at the big man and scores.
Schröder will tee up the three, and knocks it down.
And it's 9-2, just like that.
[Nowitzki] Schröder is the head of the snake for us.
He drives the pace for us.
He can score, but he can also get everybody else involved.
[commentator 1] Schröder, shovel.
- Wagner. For three! - [commentator 2] Bang!
[commentator 1] And Wagner feeling it early.
[Nowitzki] Franz Wagner, to us, is a bit of the future of German basketball.
He's young, he's just finished a third year in Orlando,
but super skilled.
Let's go!
[commentator 1] Not even three minutes in, and France searching for early answers.
And it's all Germany so far.
[Fournier] You know, we say, "Never too low, never too high."
You know, the most important moment is always, you know, the next one.
Uh, what's gonna happen next?
We got our ass kicked last game, but we're a great team.
Uh, we can be as good as anyone.
[commentator 1] Fournier, stop on a dime and put it in.
[crowd cheering]
The energy has been taken up another notch.
Lob it inside, Theis.
Oh-ho-ho!
Rejected!
[Fournier] People wanna see us succeed.
You have two options. Turn that into a strength…
[commentator 1] Batum!
…or you can let that affect you and just lose your focus.
[Collet in French] All of this is because we've been solid on defense together!
Come on, guys, we got this!
[in English] Y'all gotta help the big men.
[man 2] You're right.
- Motherfucker tall as shit. - You're right.
[commentator 1] A chance to tie or take
the first lead of the game for France here.
- Wemby got the space! - [crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] Poster time!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] And we are all even at 33 after two.
[in French] 20 minutes, just 20.
- Let's go, 20 minutes left. - 20 minutes.
[man 1] Let's go brothers, let's up the ante in the third.
[Wemby] Now is the time to widen the gap.
[man 2] Let's dream, y'all!
[man 3] Like we said, when we're up to our own standards,
they can't do anything to us!
[Collet] Defensively, you've done a lot better covering their drives.
Now, everyone gets involved.
They can't get in.
They just can't.
Alright, let's go!
[all shouting]
[tense music plays]
[commentator 1 in English] Twenty minutes to determine our first finalist.
Batum sets the feet and knocks it down.
First lead of the night for France.
France has all the juice right now.
France trailed early. They have found that spark since.
[coach] We got to keep guarding right now. Keep guarding, alright?
We got to rebound, gang rebound. Alright?
[commentator 1] Germany looking to stay perfect and make a spot
in the gold medal game.
Schröder right at Wemby, nah.
[commentator 2] They're making it tough around the basket because of their length.
[commentator 1] This France defensive pressure starting to play a factor.
Listen to this crowd.
- A three! - [commentator 2] About time. Why not?
[commentator 1] Bullseye!
France pouring it on.
They practice their entire lives,
they prepare their entire lives, for this moment in front of this crowd.
[music recedes slightly]
[Batum] When you do something, like, for your country, it is pretty special.
You're bonded for life with your guys.
[light music plays]
[commentator 1] Cordinier… and he's fouled right away.
[Batum] There's no contract involved, no business, nothing.
It's just you and basketball for your country.
[commentator 2] The pressure. This is the opportunity right here.
- [dramatic music builds] - [crowd cheering]
[whistle blows]
[commentator 1] Schröder, get it up the court, logo three…
No.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] France has done it.
[commentator 2 chuckling]
[commentator 1] And they're moving on to the gold medal game.
[Gobert] It's an incredible opportunity to showcase the level of talent France has
and to inspire kids in France and around the world,
but also to make history and do something that will live forever.
[triumphant music playing]
[in French] Let's go!
This story isn't over yet!
Let's go, let's go!
- Blue, white, red! - Together!
[triumphant music fades]
[light music playing]
[Batum in English] Bring my son on the court with me. He's eight years old.
And this is when I fell in love with the Olympics.
In '96, I was eight as well.
I was like, I have a chance to bring my son on the court
so he can experience it with me. That's why I think it was good for me
to share that moment, as a dad if not as a son.
[crowd clapping in rhythm]
[Batum] My dad's reaction would be proud for sure.
I mean, to have your son being captain of the French national team,
going into the finals…
It's pretty special, it is pretty special.
[music fades out]
[distant arena crowd chanting]
[crying quietly]
[distant players singing in French]
[singing volume rises]
[all singing in French]
[laughing and chattering]
[Collet in French] It's like we said, no one could steal that final from us.
Now, we're going to play it.
We're playing this final. It's a team…
Well, I'm not sure they'll win,
but there are 19 chances out of 20 that the Americans will win.
You guys, it's…
We're gonna beat the Americans in Paris.
The dream of a lifetime!
Ever since I was a kid…
[laughter]
Ever since I was a kid…
Ever since I was a kid, I've been dreaming about this.
And in Tokyo…
In Tokyo, I thought I missed my shot.
The chance of my life…
But no, it's still here!
And I can feel it, this time, I'm not going to let it go.
[all shouting]
- [shouting fades] - [Batum speaking indistinctly]
- Blue, white, red! - Together!
[music fades out]
[distant siren wails]
[Kerr in English] Okay, guys. Here we go. We'll be quick.
Um, you guys, we know this team well, right?
Just a reminder that, you know, it's a 40-minute game.
The strength of our team is the fact that we wear people down.
So, we're not gonna go out, win this game in the first five minutes,
nor should we even think that way.
It's just constant ball pressure, constant activity defensively,
and the idea that we wear them down over time.
We take it possession by possession.
Lock in on the keys. We'll be in great shape, okay.
I think the biggest challenge is the fact that this is one and done.
This is the NCAA tournament.
You know, you're always one bad game away from being out.
[pensive music plays]
You know, that in itself presents a pressure
that our guys are really only used to from Game 7s.
Um, fortunately, they've been through a lot of Game 7s. [laughs]
You guys know Jokić well. What does he feed off the most?
Passing, right?
We can't give up these little easy layups, passes.
Then they feel good. He feels good.
Let's make him beat us with his scoring.
Everybody's got to run through our chest.
That's why I really expect our best to come here in the last few games.
[James] Ball pressure here. Coming out. Ball pressure.
Ball pressure here. Ball pressure. I'm up to touch on this, Book.
I'm here, I'm here.
No back cut. No back cut.
No back cutting. Just here. No back cutting.
No back cutting, Steph. I'll give you a gap. I'll give you a gap.
It just takes one moment. It takes a bad shooting night.
It takes a team getting hot. And anything can happen.
Let's bring it in. We good? Yeah.
[Kerr] We've played Serbia twice. One friendly, one pool play game.
- Gold on three. One, two, three. - Gold.
Come on.
We are not going to get mesmerized by having beaten them twice already.
[man] Thoughts before the game?
Win.
That's all that matters.
Win.
One game.
Every game is a Game 7.
[music ends]
[coach in Serbian] You and Bogdan choose two or three sets.
The two of you together. You played the most.
[in English] We passed the quarterfinals, and now we are fighting for the medal.
This is what we came here for.
[steady pulsing music plays]
Especially against USA, it's gonna be tough.
But when Jokić is with us in the court, everybody is feeling more safe.
[Bogdanović] Nikola is like one of us.
Like, we don't see him like the world is seeing him.
He's the guy who's not trying to be funny, but he is naturally funny.
[singing in Serbian] ♪ An elephant has caught a mouse… ♪
♪ And now she is chasing it in circles ♪
[Bogdanović in English] He is such a good guy.
He knows how team is important.
[Pešić in Serbian] Let's go! Go!
[Bogdanović in English] He will not be like, "Oh, I'm Nikola Jokić."
"I'm MVP. Give me the ball."
[Jokić in Serbian] That's it. Good.
[in English] That's what's making him even more respected here,
which is most important.
[Pešić in Serbian] Tell them, as soon as you lift the ball for a shot,
I'm ready for you to pass it to me.
That's the basis against Australia
and against the Americans.
[clippers buzzing]
[in English] Aleksa's biggest dream is to go to the NBA.
If there is any roster spots, that you guys can help him.
I'll be his agent.
[chuckles]
[Avramović] That would be my best… my best gift.
[in Serbian] This goes on Aleksa's account.
[all chuckling]
Aleksa's account.
[clippers buzzing]
[in English] If you want to win a medal, you need to be on your best.
Because you saw Canada is out, Greece is out, Australia is out.
All teams were candidates for the medal.
That gives us hope that we can really play
at least one game against the USA good, you know.
They are, like, the best players in the world.
So, you have to do everything at the highest level possible to beat them.
LeBron James, my friend. KD, also. KD is a monster.
I mean, my…
[Dobrić] All of them, but we are not scared.
We are not scared, like, "Okay, it's a Dream Team,
they are going to beat us by 30." Maybe they beat us, but we are not scared.
Like, we are going for it.
We will play, like, 40 minutes the best we can.
So, if it's enough for the win, we will be happy.
If it's not, we gave everything.
I think this is a Dream Team, but they are not unbeatable.
We can… I already said, we can play with them, and…
I think we can beat them also. Why not?
If you play 40 minutes at the highest level,
you never know.
A little bit of luck. Why not?
That's my… That's my dog over there.
[both laughing]
You never know, bro. You never know.
[distant chattering]
[pensive music builds slowly]
The message is… win.
Like, it's simple. It's that simple.
Like… win.
Like, we do what we're supposed to do, play how we're supposed to play.
Win. That's all that matters.
We don't matter at all. Minutes, points, rebounds…
Win.
[crowd chattering]
[horn honks]
[chanting] Serbia! Serbia!
♪ Keep on dreaming Keep on dreaming ♪
♪ Keep on dreaming, USA ♪
[Kerr] We defend, we make everything difficult for them. And then hit bodies.
When we're running, everybody just look to sprint the floor.
Bigs, let's keep pushing the ball. That's been devastating for our opponents.
You guys, LeBron, Bam, AD, Joel, you guys just push it.
Everybody else sprinting. Set a tone early in the game, right?
As opposed to the last game, where we took a while to get into it.
Let's get going right away.
[Pešić in Serbian] We all know it.
I'm not that good coach to know everything, but…
We have shown that,
if nothing else, we can stand against that Team USA.
It's just one game. Not best out of three or out of five.
It's just a single final game.
Everything is possible when you play just one single game.
Listen up now!
If anyone has benefited from these two matches,
that we played against America,
that would be us.
You got the feel of them.
You got the feel of Durant…
I want you to stick to him, to bust his balls!
Nobody has any respect for us here!
They have already announced the finalists…
with us excluded.
Therefore, please, let's show the pride.
Bravo, my boys.
Let's go.
- Who's the best? - Serbia!
- [crowd cheering] - [whistle blows]
[Wade in English] When you're talking about the two, probably,
what people thought were the best teams in the tournament,
these are moments where it matters.
These are moments where all the things y'all doing off the court,
that we get to see, all the togetherness that y'all building,
but it's the moment where we're gonna see it.
[Durant] I know how important these medal rounds are.
And I know how focused and locked in everybody is.
It'll be us against the world. That's how it always feel when I'm here.
[commentator 1] You can study the X's and O's all you want.
This game's going to be about who wants it more.
- [in Serbian] Come on, let's f*ck it… - Here it comes.
[commentator 1 in English] Embiid and Jokić, the past two MVPs, will jump it up.
[Kerr] Going into that semifinal…
[commentator 1] Bogdanović finds some space.
…we felt good, but we also knew the test was coming.
[commentator 1] Fast break opportunity for Petrušev who drills the three.
[coach in Serbian] That's it! That's it!
[commentator 1 in English] Leave it for Jokić.
[Kerr] No matter how good you are, there's gonna be a game.
And you just don't know when it's coming.
[commentator 1] Avramović. Drills a three!
Five for five start for Serbia.
[Bogdanović] We already knew what to expect from them. We know how they play.
[commentator 1] Bogdanović rattles another home.
Bogdanović feeling it early.
They wasn't ready for that game at the beginning, early on.
[Curry] Serbia was playing out of their mind.
I knew at a certain point I would need to have a night where
I got to, you know, provide some impact.
I kind of settled into that role pretty quick in the first quarter.
Just keep us afloat.
[commentator 1] Skip pass. Curry. Pump. Fire.
[Curry] Open for three. I missed it. The ball comes right back to me.
I get to knock down that reload.
[commentator 1] Curry again. Bullseye!
Feels like we've been waiting for Steph to have one of those Steph Curry explosions.
[commentator 2] A beautiful sight.
- [in Serbian] F*ck it, bro. - It's okay. It's just the beginning.
[Curry in English] Once you make the first one,
you kinda settle into the game.
[commentator 1] Curry. Contested. Doesn't matter.
From that point, you start to feel it, and then the avalanche kind of opened up.
[commentator 1] Curry looking for the counterpunch. It's right there.
[Curry] Those type of moments, try to stay as present as possible.
[commentator 1] A wide-open Curry.
[in Serbian] No three-pointers!
[Curry in English] Not putting extra weight on yourself,
but also know you have to be aggressive
because this is what is working right now.
[commentator 1] Fourteen points.
[Wade] In the first quarter, when nothing can get going,
that was where you was like, "Thank God for Steph Curry."
[man in Serbian] This is impossible, bro.
Why did he stop?
[commentator 1 in English] Curry trying to shake loose. He does. Pump. One dribble.
Curry. Sizzling.
Seventeen first quarter points for Steph Curry.
[Curry] Usually for me, when that's happening, we're up by 20.
This game, you know, I had 17 in the first quarter, and we were losing.
[commentator 1] Bogdanović. Escapes. Bogdanović. Tough one. Banks home.
Serbia leading the US by eight.
Serbia can do pretty much no wrong. Stunning. We'll see if the US…
[Diaw] Well, Curry.
He's saving them, man.
[Pešic in Serbian] Let's go! Let's go! Keep working.
[Kerr in English] We were actually executing our game plan pretty well.
But it was just one of those games.
Shots were going in for them.
[commentator 1] It's that type of first half for Serbia.
[Kerr] We just weren't quite clicking, and then they gained that momentum.
When you have momentum like that, and the best player in the world, um,
like Serbia did, you're swimming upstream.
[commentator 1] Jokić. Pump. Drive.
And finish. And one.
[crowd cheering]
- Jokić showing it on both ends. - [commentator 2] He does everything.
[commentator 1] It is a 17-point US deficit.
I've been in them situations before. Where it's just like, we supposed to win.
Supposed to win.
[commentator 1] Bogdanović makes them pay.
Buries another. And he's talking that talk.
[Bogdanović] I'm usually the guy who doesn't talk first,
but everyone needs extra motivation sometimes.
I was like, "Oh, yeah, this is not NBA. This is FIBA. This is Europe."
[commentator 1] And now some extra stuff. James getting in the middle of it.
[Bogdanović] I could feel, like, we got him scared.
[Wade] Serbia came out and did what they were supposed to do.
They put team USA back on their heels.
When playing, you're an athlete, you try not to think this way.
But when you cannot control it, and you're on the other side,
"It's over. We ain't got a chance. What are we doing?"
You know, you're on that side.
So I'm sitting over there at halftime, like, "We may be in trouble."
[ominous music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[in Serbian] Good job.
We have to wrap this up.
- We have to wrap it up. - [man] It's fine, we have time.
Curry is here with number 4. Embiid is here.
So he wants to go here,
and when he crosses here, this one sets up a block for him.
So I will push this one here,
and then this… but not on the roll,
because he wants to set up a block, and follow this one on his own.
Go away.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1 in English] 11-point lead for Serbia after two.
[man in Serbian] Play it smart, bro.
[Durant in English] Of course, winning is ingrained in you.
You don't have to talk about it.
But if a team gets hot from the three-point line,
their confidence starts to build
because they start making shots over you. So… you come with your best shit.
[commentator 1] Can the US make their push early in this third quarter?
Embiid loads up the three. Money.
- [commentator 2] Good start. - Embiid has come to play here tonight.
[in Serbian] Play defense!
[commentator 1 in English] Embiid! Clear the runway for takeoff.
[Kerr] The main thing you do as a coach is you feed the guys confidence,
remind them to stay poised.
[commentator 1] Curry!
His seventh three.
You give them the space to do what they do because they're the best players on earth.
[commentator 1] Money!
The three-point barrage continues.
And the US has a pulse in this third.
US looking for another stop to keep momentum.
Micić. Pulls, hangs.
And hits.
[music becomes tense]
[commentator 1] Bullseye! Big one.
Put it up. Put it in.
Count it and the foul.
Gudurić with a chance for four.
[Bogdanović] That was a moment where you feel like you're winning the game.
I see the faces and I see, like, they're splitting apart a little bit.
They're not as united.
And we are having that momentum. We are having fun.
[Curry] When Gudurić hit the and-one three…
Not only is it we're looking at the lead, but momentum, and body language, and…
The energy just shifted all the way to them.
And you're sitting there like, "Are we about to lose this game?"
[air horn blows]
[commentator 1] The US in a major hole.
And this crowd is sensing that this game has a chance to be
one of the biggest shockers that we've seen in a long time.
[Curry] That was a long break in between the third and fourth quarter
where your mind is kind of just all over the place of, you know,
"How did we get here? How do we get out of it?"
And you don't want to be that team that…
is, you know, coming home empty-handed.
[Bogdanović] We are controlling everything.
Everybody in the arena felt, in the whole world, even the TVs,
they felt that energy coming from the arena.
We're gonna fucking win this game.
[commentator 2] How can Team USA be beaten?
One bad quarter, one bad game.
You don't have the luxury of beating the team four out of seven times.
[commentator 1] LeBron James. Tough bucket.
[Curry] Ten minutes in a double-digit lead is not insurmountable,
but you have to play pretty much perfect.
- [commentator 1] Durant… pure! - [commentator 2] And a foul.
[Curry] How many possessions you have to stack in a row to come back
against a team that, you know, is playing an A++ plus game?
[commentator 1] And the US back to within eight.
Booker's open. For three!
Time-out, Serbia.
[Kerr] That was the key sequence in the game.
Now, all of a sudden, we've got the momentum.
Man, everything is on the line. Let's just get this done.
[tense music playing]
[commentator 1] Embiid. Got it, and one!
In those moments, you keep thinking, "Okay, let's get it under ten
with this amount of time left, or let's cut it to six."
[commentator 1] Embiid. Fades, and fills it up!
Two-point game.
[Hill] You have to think that way
when you're at an elite level of competition.
You have to be delusional at times.
[commentator 1] US can tie or take the lead.
Durant.
Thought about it.
James. The drive.
James. The finish!
[crowd cheering]
[whistle blows]
[Pešić in Serbian] Yes, go back faster!
Come on, play defense!
Let's go!
[commentator 1 in English] Bogdanović. In for Jokić. Double comes.
Finds the cutter. Petrušev with the slam.
Jokić has Durant. Three to shoot.
Jokić is going to have to fade. Over Durant.
Short. Rebound. Oh, Embiid couldn't collect it.
Bogdanović. Dobrić. All day.
[music recedes slightly]
[commentator 2] A little different pressure on those shots now.
[commentator 1] Booker. James.
- [commentator 2] Oh man. - [commentator 1] Curry. For the lead.
Kaboom!
Thirty-two for Steph Curry. US up one.
Micić…
[coach in Serbian] No, Vasa. 'We don't need that.
[commentator 1 in English] Looking to run. Booker and Durant with him. James.
Oh!
LeBron James!
LeCaptain America!
Largest lead for the US tonight.
Bogdanović.
Curry.
Coast to coast.
[crowd cheering]
[Curry] The beauty of Team USA is, who cares whose night it is,
everybody's going to have a part in… winning that gold medal at some point.
[coach in Serbian] Keep going!
You are still playing!
Hey, hey. Point by point!
We are playing to win!
[commentator 1 in English] Two-point US lead, 55 seconds remaining.
James. Durant.
I remember KD getting the ball, and there was a lot going on.
I'm watching Melo on the court. Somebody was running to the pick and roll.
I'm watching Melo telling him to get out. Get out the way. Clear it out.
[commentator 1] Five to shoot. The cross.
[music fades out]
[triumphant music builds]
[commentator 1] The flash!
[Wade] It was just a beautiful moment of basketball.
[commentator 1] Durant makes it rain.
I was like, the right person got the ball.
And we all know KD. That's what he live for.
He's not afraid of the moment.
[Anthony] These are the things that not everybody can do.
We're dealing with greatness here.
We always feel like we got a chance when you're dealing with greatness.
[Durant] Sometimes there's no accountability when you're a superstar
unless you have it yourself, you know?
It's about trying to get the gold medal, you know, and how can you add to that?
[commentator 1] Serbia's gotta hurry here. Inside for Jokić.
Right over the top of Booker for two.
Tough shot.
Jokić.
[in Serbian] Attack, double-team!
Double-team!
[commentator 1 in English] Serbians not gonna foul.
- [commentator 2] He's fouling him. - Curry finally fouled.
[commentator 2] For the perfect person to be at the line.
If USA hold on to get this win, this'll be known as the Steph Curry game.
- [horn sounds] - [crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] Six seconds left. Bogdanović puts it up.
Short.
And the United States, trailing by as many as 17,
advance to the gold medal game.
[Curry] Just the look on everybody's face was like… we did that.
It was pretty special knowing the odds were kind of stacked against us
for that ten-minute period.
That's why you saw the emotion come out at the end.
Whoo!
This is the real motherfucker!
Yeah!
[chatting excitedly]
[commentator 1] And heartbreak for Serbia.
[pensive music playing]
- One more, man. - [James] One more. One motherfucking more.
One fucking more.
We already knew we were gonna be tested a fucking ton tonight.
Alright?
One more, goddammit!
- Gold on three. One two three, gold. - Gold.
Yeah!
[Wade] It was beautiful to watch them come together as a team
because that's the hardest part about the Olympics.
Can you actually come together and become a team?
Not a group of individuals who are very talented.
[Durant] That's who we are. Win a basketball game, no matter what.
We've been programmed for that since we were eight years old.
Who gives a shit if you like how we did it or not?
The context is, at the end of the day, in black and white, it's gonna say we won.
What a fucking game.
That was probably the greatest game I've ever been a part of.
Everything on the line, um, could not be tighter.
[music ends]
[quiet chatter]
[somber music plays]
[Bogdanović] That was one of the toughest losses in my career for sure.
You're putting so much time into something
and then your dream is over.
I even wanted to cry, you know, how painful was it.
You're just not yourself… basically.
[man speaking in Serbian]
[exclaims]
[in Serbian] That's it.
We were in the lead for 35 minutes.
Fuck it. It's hard.
You need energy for that. You made through it all.
We're good. Come here.
- Never mind! - Well done, folks.
Who's the best?
Serbia!
[music fades out]
[Kerr in English] Come on, champ.
We've had some legendary cool-of-the-evenings, gentlemen.
- Yeah. - This is…
- This one might take the cake. - This beats Manila.
- So, here's to the cool of the evening. - Best cool. Best game.
Captain of cool.
- Cheers! - Cheers!
Way to fricking compete.
[indistinct chatter]
Cool!
Hell yeah.
You want a cold beer?
Yeah, I'll take one.
[all laughing]
I'll take one, for sure.
Absolutely.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Cheers to y'all.
- To you! - Cheers!
Oh, yeah. That's good. That's good, cheers.
- Thank you, sir. - That's it. Oh, man.
[indistinct conversations]
Hey, man. Depends on if we up.
Shit, we might as well keep it going then. Who phone? Somebody said AD phone…
Susie, can you take the flick for us, please?
Who got a phone?
- [man] Get the whole… - [James] I got a Heineken.
- I got a brew on me. - [man] You old school.
- I'm 39 years old. - We doing vertical.
Cold brew every now and then. I have about three beers a year.
[pensive music playing]
[crowd exclaiming]
Small turnaround.
Oh God.
He said I finally showed up to Paris.
[Edwards] He finally got here.
- [Curry laughing] - [Edwards] About time. God damn!
Steph just landed.
He landed at, like, 5:00 p.m. He here now. He's arrived now.
Everybody knows Chef Curry's in town now.
That shit was crazy. That shit was crazy.
Let me get a scoop of chocolate.
Yeah, I've been eating this the whole time we've been here.
I ain't gonna switch up now.
Gotta stick with what's working, you know?
[Durant] Now, I'm gonna celebrate tonight now.
Celebrate now. And then, the morning time it's over with.
But tonight, come on, man. How can you not celebrate a win like that?
Look at all our families in here. Look at this. Know what I'm saying?
That's what this is about. Know what I mean?
We all come together as one on the other side of the world like this.
It's special tonight, man.
Guarantee you, everybody here will never forget about this night.
Everybody here will remember this night for the rest of their lives.
That's how special this is.
Because we came back and we showed how together we were in that fourth quarter.
It was… It was incredible.
[Edwards] Now, we just gotta go and take care of…
What we gonna call these boys, Book?
I don't got nothing for you, bro. I ain't worried about nothing, bro.
[Edwards] Yeah, we gotta take care of the Frenchies now, man. We'll be alright.
These boys fools, man. We'll be alright.
[music fades out]
[subdued music rises slowly]
[music ends]