On August Beijing time, the Paris Olympic men's basketball 1/4 finals, the United States men's basketball team won the Brazil men's basketball team 122-87, and advanced to the semifinals to compete with Serbia for the final ticket, James played 16 minutes, scored 12 points, 9 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals on 5-of-6 shooting, plus or minus +21, and returned to the locker room with an elbow on the head.
1/4 final against Brazil men's basketball, United States men's basketball 18-6 hot opening, during which James assisted Curry to cut the layup, steal assist Holiday dunk, steady and ruthless cut the ball after assisting Booker to blast three points, Janku and other main forces after the break, Durant thick eyebrows led the team to maintain the lead, the United States team led by 12 points 33-21 in the first quarter, James played 7 minutes in the first quarter, 2 of 2 got 4 points, 5 assists and 2 steals.
In the second quarter, the United States men's basketball team fell into a scoring drought after leading by 19 points 7-0, and was hit by Brazil with a 13-2 counterattack climax, James, Curry and Embiid returned to the court, the old James played the commander again, Embiid delivered firepower, James attacked the basket and made foul free throws to score, assisted Tatum to catch a dunk, the United States team played a 21-2 super offensive, and the United States team led Brazil by 27 points 63-36 at halftime.
In the first half, James scored 10 points, 8 assists, 2 rebounds and 3 steals on 4-of-4 shooting, the 39-year-old Zhan is really getting older and more demonic, and the integration of offense and defense also connects the whole team, leading the team to beat the opponent in waves.
In the second half, Kerr asked Adebayo to start the game in place of Embiid, James and Curry led the team to maintain the lead, and in the third quarter at 5 minutes and 41 seconds, James was elbowed by De Paula, covering his face in pain, and the corners of his eyes were opened, and then he went off the court and returned to the locker room for examination, after which Lao Zhan returned to the bench and made a move to wear a crown.
James set consecutive records
1. James' total number of assists in the Olympics reached 118, surpassing Tony Kukoc (112) to rise to third place in history; Salunas Jascovisius ranks first all-time with 160 assists, and Sarunas Mathio Leonis ranks second all-time with 121 assists, and Lao Zhan is expected to continue to move up the rankings.
2. This game is James' 45th consecutive win for the United States team, since the 2006 World Cup, in the past 18 years, James has played a total of 45 games for the United States men's basketball team, with a record of 45 wins and 0 losses; In five warm-up matches this year and four main matches at the Paris Olympics, the United States team won all nine games, and James continued to break the winning streak.
3. James' Olympic career steals rose to 6th all-time