LeBron James #6 of Workforce USA dunks forward of Dillon Brooks #24 and RJ Barrett #9 of Canada off of an alley-oop move from Stephen Curry #4 within the second half of their exhibition recreation forward of the Paris Olympic Video games at T-Cell Area on July 10, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Photos/AFP
LeBron James and Steph Curry made a profitable begin as USA team-mates in an 86-72 victory over Canada in a pre-Paris Olympics 2024 exhibition recreation in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The 2 NBA superstars are a part of a formidable Workforce USA basketball roster that can be chasing a fifth consecutive gold medal when the Paris Olympics get beneath means this month.
LeBron and Curry are enjoying alongside one another for the primary time as worldwide teammates and confirmed glimpses of a close to telepathic understanding throughout Wednesday’s recreation.
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Curry completed with 12 factors whereas James had seven because the US recovered from an early 11-1 deficit to cruise to victory of their closing recreation at residence earlier than the Paris Olympics.
They decamp to the United Arab Emirates for exhibition video games towards Australia and Serbia subsequent week.
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Los Angeles Lakers ace LeBron gathered Workforce USA for a huddle following a win which prompt the Individuals will, unsurprisingly, be purple sizzling favourites for the gold in France.
“We all know we could be a lot higher however we’ve solely been collectively 4 days,” James stated afterwards. “All of the miscues offensively, and the turnovers. We’ll get higher with that — however it begins on the defensive finish.
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“So long as we defend we’ll give ourselves probability to win each night time.”
Curry agreed that protection could be the important thing to the Olympic marketing campaign.
“We are able to work out the kinks and the timing on offense, but when we compete like that and decide to enjoying protection, we’ll be wonderful towards anyone,” Curry stated.
James, the NBA’s all-time main factors scorer, in the meantime stated he had loved becoming a member of forces with Golden State star Curry.
“We’re simply two guys who like to play the sport of basketball,” James stated.
“It’s enjoyable. We play the sport at a excessive stage however extra importantly, we simply play the sport that we love the appropriate means.”
Curry stated profitable a fifth consecutive gold could be a workforce effort.
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“We simply wish to win gold, no matter that takes,” Curry stated.
“It doesn’t matter what your stats are, regardless of what number of minutes you play — if everyone on the ground commits to simply doing what you’re requested to do, we’ll be good.”