'They came out and hit us with a nice haymaker, and we were able to get back up and get that lead back.' 'There were a lot of guys on this team that had straight faces and were ready to play when we were down 15, strong faces is what Pop said,' Durant told NBC. Durant finished with 23 points and nine rebounds, while Holiday added 11 points, eight assists and eight rebounds. Instead of derailing their bid for gold, the loss to France proved to be a timely wake-up call for Gregg Popovich's team, which dispatched Iran and the Czech Republic in its remaining group games, before overcoming Spain 95-81 in the quarterfinals and delivering a brilliant team performance to beat Australia 97-78 in the semifinals on Thursday.ДЄ spluttering offense-Team USA missed its first 10 attempts from beyond the arc-left the Americans down by as many as 15 points in the first half, before Kevin Durant and Jrue Holiday led the comeback. On July 25, France rallied late in the game to defeat Team USA 83-76, snapping the defending champions' 25-game winning streak at the Olympics which dated all the way back to the 2004 Games in Athens.

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