The 2024 Olympic Games were held in Paris, where, as in the previous edition in Tokyo, the United States again faced France in the final, with the Americans winning (87-98), thanks mainly to Curry’s explosive finish, with four three-pointers in the last three minutes
In the summer of 2000, the Olympic Games were played in Sydney, where in the grand final the United States won the Gold by defeating a France that was given as moral champion with its Olympic silver, 85-75 in a bad game by all but controlled at all times by the Americans. These games were a warning to the USA that something was happening in world basketball, and that they were not always going to win the competitions as they presumed, with their NBA players. Globalized basketball had its effect …
In 1949, the EuroBasket was held in Egypt, and the locals took advantage of the occasion to hold a perfect competition and win Gold. It was the first and only time that an African team had won a European Championship
