Anthony davis

NBA Finals MVPs: USA staved off France 98-87 to win its fifth straight Olympic men's basketball gold medal at the Paris Games in front of a raucous crowd at Bercy Arena.

It was the 17th gold medal in 20 Olympics the Americans have participated in. The five consecutive golds is the second-longest streak for the men to the US winning the first seven Olympic competitions.

Stephen Curry finished with 24 points on eight 3-pointers and had five assists. Kevin Durant, the all-time leading men’s or women’s scorer in US Olympic basketball history, started his only game of this Olympiad and had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists.