Olympics basketball Latest: LeBron James, US face Victor Wembanyama, France for gold

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympicmen’s basketball tournament ends with the U.S. taking on host France in a showdown at Bercy Arena.

Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James will lead the team as it seeks a fifth consecutive gold medal and 17th overall.

Home-court edge hasn’t always been unbeatable at Olympics

France will be “home” for both basketball gold medal games — the men’s one on Saturday night and the women’s one on Sunday afternoon, each time against the U.S.

Home teams are 5-2 entering tonight when playing for basketball gold on home soil.

The U.S. men and women each won in 1984 and 1996, sweeping the titles in Los Angeles and Atlanta. The women’s team from the Soviet Union won in Moscow in 1980.

Australia’s women lost to the U.S. at Sydney in 2000 and Japan’s women also lost to the U.S. at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

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