United States wins basketball gold medal and meets favoritism

The basketball team of the United States He beat his counterpart from France by 87-82 to win the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In this way, those led by Gregg Popovich, demonstrate once again that the NBA it is above European basketball.

This victory must be one of the most special in the history of Team USA, since since its preparation they faced logistical problems, low numbers of players and even difficulties to connect as a team on the field.

Things did not look good either since the debut in Asian lands when they were defeated precisely against the selection of France of Rudy Gobert.

However, they had in Kevin Durant the perfect leader during his time in Tokyo. The stellar wing of the Brooklyn nets served as a push in each of the minutes he was on the court.