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National Heritage Site: Kevin Durant wants to make an Olympic mark
Unlike other superstars in the NBA, Durant spiced up the journey to the Hall of Fame by becoming an icon of the U.S. national team. After 29 wins in 30 games, France (the only one that managed to subdue him) separates him from a historic medal. Saturday at 5:30 : the final
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Ahrela Weisberg
Friday, 06 August 2021, 14:40 Updated: 14:41
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"All the rivals are trying to 'take us down' early, hoping we'll panic. But we are not," Kevin Durant simply summed up the United States' tortuous journey to the final of the Olympic tournament tonight (Friday-Saturday, 5:30) against France.
And Durant knows what he's talking about. In each of the last three games in Tokyo, against the Czech Republic, Spain and Australia, the Americans trailed at the end of the first quarter; Their average half-time score was 43:44, and back from the locker room they opened burners - 41:72 over the Czechs, 38:52 over the Spaniards and 33:55 over the Ozis, who managed to escape to a 15-point lead, just to Lose at the end by 19 points.
Who like KD understands the situation and is ready for it. By the halftime break in the semifinals, when the United States was mostly concerned with stopping the avalanche, he scored 15 of her 42 points. He also gave the signal to Blitz in the third quarter (10:32), scoring eight points in six minutes. Then, when things calmed down,He allowed himself to watch from the sidelines as his teammates completed the victory.
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Only Carmelo Anthony took three gold medals.
Durant celebrates Rio 2016 (Photo: Reuters)
Durant will try to make history this weekend, and be the second basketball player in the history of the striped and star team with three Olympic gold medals, after Carmelo Anthony.
Even after exhausting seasons, and even after suffering serious injuries, he does not give up the national uniform, and has a regular custom in international tournaments - to warm up engines while moving, and reach a peak in money time.
At the 2010 World Cup he averaged 33 points from the quarterfinals onwards (17.6 to eighth), was crowned MVP and returned the title to the United States after 16 years;
In London 2012 he scored 24.5 in the semi-finals and final (17.8 earlier) en route to gold;
And in Rio 2016 he climbed in three knockout games from 16.4 to 23.6 points and completed another Olympic title.
His place in the Hall of Fame is guaranteed, and not just because of the NBA.
Durant (Photo: Official Website, FIBA)
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And because of that, the 52 points KD has scored in the last two games are not surprising, despite (and perhaps because of) standing at just 14.3 in the home stage.
After 30, 30 and 28 in his previous finals, France already knows they need to go into absorption standby.
The loss to the French in the opening game in Tokyo was Durant's only in his long career in the United States uniform, facing 29 wins in the official tournaments.
His place in the Hall of Fame has already been taken for granted mainly due to his glittering and impressive NBA career;
He will also leave a glorious legacy for the team, which has become a personal project, and it is impossible to rule out in advance the possibility that he will embark on a journey for a fourth medal in Paris in 2024. Nevertheless, he will then only be 35 years old.
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