US men’s basketball team rallies to beat Serbia in Paris Olympics, will face France for gold medal

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

They scored six points in two seconds. And just like that, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic team was on its way. To a comeback. To a win.

And to another Olympic gold medal game. Stephen Curry scored 36 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:16 left, and the U.S. will play for gold in the Paris Olympics on Saturday night after beating Serbia 95-91.

The U.S. trailed by 17 points in the first half, plus faced an 11-point halftime deficit — the biggest one successfully overcome by an American team since NBA players were added to the Olympic mix in 1992.