The U.S. men’s basketball team opens play at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a group stage game against Serbia today. The Americans are going for a fifth straight gold medal at these Summer Games, and the roster is dotted with some of the Games' biggest superstars.
USA TODAY Sports will bring you live updates, highlights, results and more throughout the game. Follow along.
Serbia cut into the U.S. lead with an 8-0 run, but Holiday hit a step-back 3-pointer from the right corner to put the Americans back on the board.
Two minutes into the final quarter, Durant missed his first shot: a pull-up jumper from the right side. The crowd in Paris audibly groaned in reaction as he lost his perfect mark from the field. However, Team USA still leads, 86-68, with seven minutes left.
Serbia's Vasilije Micić took the first shot attempt of the quarter, but the Celtics' guard rejected it.
With 10 minutes remaining, the United States leads Serbia, 85-64.
After playing all of the third quarter thus far, the three-time NBA MVP exits with just over two minutes left in the third quarter.
The two Lakers teammates showed off their chemistry with a perfectly executed lob pass from James and slam dunk from Davis. The big man drew the foul on the dunk and completed the three-point play. Team USA now leads 78-63.
With fewer than four minutes remaining in the third quarter, Durant comes back onto the floor to loud cheers from the crowd.
White enters for Curry after the Serbia timeout.
The 39-year-old is nearly perfect (8-of-9) from the field and up to 18 points on the day after a tough drive to the rim that forced Serbia to call a timeout and got the crowd going in Paris.
After Embiid gets his third foul, Team USA coach Steve Kerr elects to sub in Anthony Davis to take over for the 76ers' big man. He scored his first points on a layup in the next U.S. possession.
Avramović stood tall to take a charge against the 6-foot-9, 250-pound James to force another Team USA turnover.
After the review, the officials determined Embiid's foul was hard enough to assess an unsportsmanlike foul. Aleksa Avramović made both ensuing free throws. The U.S. currently leads Serbia, 63-53.
While playing defense, James and Embiid got tied up with a couple of Serbian players. The referees are reviewing both incidents for possible unsportmanlike fouls.
Curry appeared to bang knees with a Serbian defender near the start of the second half. He has remained on the court and is playing through the injury for now.
Booker, Holiday, Curry, James and Embiid are back out to begin the second half for the U.S.
As the first half winds to an end, Durant is still perfect from the floor. He drilled a buzzer-beating fadeaway jumper to bring him to seven points since re-entering. He is 8-of-8 on field goal attempts and 5-of-5 on 3-point attempts with 21 total points, still leading all scorers.
James is also perfect from the field so far with 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting, including one 3-pointer. The Americans hold a 58-49 lead at the half.
Durant took the floor with 2:30 remaining in the first quarter and leads all scorers with 14 points after six minutes. His 5-of-5 mark from the field includes a 4-of-4 line from beyond the arc. Team USA leads, 36-27, as he heads to the bench.
A lob from James and dunk from Edwards was a final exclamation point to the 11-0 run from the U.S. to end the quarter. Serbia had led, 20-14, when Jokić went to the bench, but Team USA holds a 25-20 lead after the first 10 minutes.
After an 8-0 run from Serbia put them back in front, Kevin Durant and Anthony Edwards hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to draw Team USA even. This game is tied at 20 with two minutes left in the first quarter.
A flurry of 3-pointers from Steph Curry and Devin Booker and strong defensive possessions allowed Team USA to pull in front for its first lead halfway through the first quarter. The Americans lead Serbia, 14-12.
After Serbia built a 4-0 lead to begin the game, the United States' flag-bearer stole the ball from Nikola Jokić and ran down the court for an easy dunk to get the U.S. on the board. However, Serbia continued their scoring run thanks to some blunders from the Americans and hold a 10-2 lead after three minutes.
USA vs. Australia: Time, TV, streaming and how to watch
- Date: Sunday, July 28
- Time: 11:15 ET
- Location: Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
- TV: NBC
- Streaming: Peacock , Fubo
How to watch: Catch all of the Paris Olympics with a Peacock subscription
The Americans and Serbs tip off at 11:15 a.m. ET.
NBC is airing the game. Peacock is live streaming it.
U.S. men’s basketball star Kevin Durant is expected to play against Serbia on Sunday in the Group C opener at the 2024 Paris Olympics after missing the team’s five exhibition games with a sore calf.
Durant, the men’s all-time leading scorer who is trying to become the first men’s basketball player to win four gold medals, practiced Wednesday , participated in a scrimmage Thursday and planned to practice Saturday.
“We’ll see how things go in practice (Saturday),” U.S. men’s basketball coach Steve Kerr said. "So far so good. He came through the scrimmage two days ago pretty well. … Having coached him before, he’s one of the few guys I’ve been around who can step back out on the court and look like Kevin Durant, a player of his caliber. Most players it would take some time to get your rhythm back, and it will, too, for him to a certain extent. But he’s pretty special.”
Sunday, July 28
- USA vs. Serbia: 11:15 a.m. ET
Wednesday, July 31
- USA vs. South Sudan: 3 p.m.
Saturday, August 3
- Puerto Rico vs. USA: 11:15 a.m.
- Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat
- Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
- Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors
- Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers
- Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns
- Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
- Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
- Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers
- Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics
- LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
- Derrick White, Boston Celtics
- Vasilije Micić, Charlotte Hornets
- Aleksej Pokuševski, free agent
- Bogdan Bogdanović, Atlanta Hawks
- Nikola Jović, Miami Heat
- Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- Marko Gudurić, Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
- Ognjen Dobrić, Virtus Bologna (Italy)
- Filip Petrušev, Olympiacos (Greece)
- Nikola Milutinov, Olympiacos (Greece)
- Dušan Ristić, Pablo Burgos (Spain)
- Vanja Marinković, Partizan (Serbia)
- Aleksa Avramović, Partizan (Serbia)
- Ognjen Jaramaz, Partizan (Serbia)
- Dejan Davidovac, Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
- Uroš Plavšić, Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
- Aleksa Radanov, Runa Basket Moscow (Russia)
Our 2024 Paris Olympics medal count tracker updates after every single medal event.
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- Jrue Holiday
- Steph Curry
- Devin Booker
- LeBron James
- Joel Embiid
- Aleksa Avramović
- Bogdan Bogdanović
- Ognjen Dobrić
- Nikola Jokić
- Filip Petrušev
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