00:00Well, there you're looking at a beautiful shot of the lit cauldron in Paris, the Eiffel
00:10Tower in the background as night has set in.
00:13It is beautiful over there and there is a lot happening on the court inside as well
00:18as the United States men are hoping for their fifth straight gold medal in Paris, while
00:23Serbia has a silver from Rio and is led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.
00:29So what will give in this match-up as we take you now to Berthier?
00:33Well, Pesic, Steve Kerr has talked about not taking this team lightly just because the
00:38U.S. has beaten them twice already, once in that exhibition 105-79 and then in group play
00:45110-84 and this is a Serbian team that's played a lot better since that initial group play
00:50game.
00:51A 41-point win over Puerto Rico, an 11-point victory over a very good South Sudan team
00:57and then, as mentioned, the 24-point comeback against Australia in the quarterfinals.
01:02These teams obviously have matched up and now about a third time you know the other
01:07teams' tendencies and so it's not about what a man can do individually, it's going to be
01:12about a total team effort of everyone committing to the game plan and we'll see which game
01:16plan wins out.
01:18And as Kevin Durant says, you can study the X's and O's all you want.
01:22This game's going to be about who wants it more and the U.S. has been very intentional
01:27about how they get after their opponents so far.
01:29Our officials for this game, Adamir Dzerpovich in his 29th year with FIBA, Julio Anaya in
01:34his 13th and Martins Kozlovskis in year number 9.
01:38And Bede and Jokic, the past two MVPs, will jump it up and the U.S. has against Brazil,
01:43fast break opportunity for Petrosev who drills the throw.
01:46LeBron James has been the perfect point guard and Steph Curry, that is quite the sign as
01:51he sticks the J to start the game.
01:56Get them open early.
01:57Bogdanovich finds some space in response.
02:00Score men and women as Embiid and Booker will sit.
02:03Absorbs, no, Embiid fighting out of bounds.
02:07Jokic, big reason why, Abramovich, catch and shoot, he's got it, whoo, in the first quarter
02:12so far, Embiid, the steal, Abramovich, right back to the rim.
02:16Crossover Bogdanovich, pull up, ah, money.
02:19Mesmerized by the greatest shooter of all time, as Bogdanovich, they skipped, wide open,
02:25Curry, catch.
02:27Delivering that first punch, Curry looking for the counterpunch, it's right there.
02:32Back outside, Curry, contested, doesn't matter.
02:35Bounce it, outside, Dobrych for three.
02:39Serbia started three for three, Booker, short, what a foul.
02:43The tears, you know this, you know this guy is coming out and Steph Curry gets an amazing
02:48ovation every time he hits the floor.
02:50First point for Nikola Jokic, the slam up high at 21-14 and nine assists in the win
02:56over Australian Overtime, Serbia started three for three, goes right to work, Jokic on Davis
03:01and draws the foul.
03:02LeBron trying to argue that it was Jokic who hooked Davis, which actually looks fairly
03:07accurate, but it will be the Joker.
03:09Looks, AD, Embiid, a little bit of a jab, we'll see what it, oh, one dribble, so much
03:15space.
03:16Seventeen first quarter points for Steph Curry.
03:25Get it up ahead, good, you're rich, leave it for Jokic, Curry, bounce it, Davis, blocked,
03:34Jokic, and he wants a review, trying to say he didn't touch him.
03:42That's something that this Serbia team, a lot of his teammates, a lot of Nikola Jokic's
03:45teammates have been imploring people to watch how much defense he's actually playing.
03:52Davis continues to struggle at the line, Brazil, Durant, curling, fading, no, Davis, had it
03:58stripped with a foul, Abramovich puts his arm in the air, looks towards the bench and
04:02says, what else do you want me to do, should it go down, it does, up ahead, attacks on
04:10Durant, he's fouled.
04:11Oh, and Edwards just took flight, looking for an emphatic rejection.
04:18The intensity that they play with, the force that they play with, you cannot plan for that.
04:22Bogdanovich escapes, Bogdanovich, tough one, makes home, second different shot clock in
04:27game five.
04:28Oh, Edwards, volleyball spike.
04:29I think, I don't even know if this is such a thing, this might have been a windmill block.
04:39Close.
04:41If anyone could do it, it's him.
04:43Well, if you ask him, I'm sure he'll say he could have.
04:46Attacks, fades, no, a little too short, didn't miss.
04:51White, late clock, short for three, Jokic, eight to shoot, Mieczysz off the screen, Jokic
04:56somehow makes the catch, bounce it inside, a little too much, Milutinov goes to the deck,
05:02and jump ball is who wants to fight for a gold medal, Mieczysz, oh, he faked it in.
05:08It's that type of first half for Serbia.
05:11You gotta call that.
05:14The middle, drop step, and a foul's gonna be called on AD, gonna be the first team foul
05:21on the US, and for Davis, that'll be number two.
05:25I don't understand.
05:26Short roll, can't finish, rebound, Jokic, Edwards got the mismatch, pull, connect.
05:33To get as a unit, when they play with that intensity.
05:36We're critical, we're gonna see what they learned about themselves as Booker is fouled
05:41on the outside, narrow in, and a couple of them, Australia, three ball, well short, rebound
05:48saved by Curry, Mieczysz fades, the rainbow doesn't go, and that's it inside, Milutinov
05:55gets the roll.
05:58Time out, Steve Kerr.
06:03Jokic, pump, drive, and finish, and one.
06:16Bogdanovic, inside, can't get the roll, rebound, poked, crucial stretch in the final six minutes
06:21of the second quarter, it's Booker, and one.
06:25James, division, Booker does the rest.
06:31Third LeBron assist, look at this window.
06:36This transition, even though it wasn't fast transition, we call it mini-transition.
06:40Team US.
06:41Pump, Jokic, float, too strong, good def, right there.
06:46The foul's gonna be going the other way after the.
06:49From the offensive package.
06:53Football, a little bit more swing around, a little bit more ball swing so he can attack.
06:57Currently down 15, James, hits the three, shot from Curry, in transition, Bogdanovic
07:04makes the pay, buries another, and he's talking that talk.
07:09To Mellow, he's looking right at Mellow.
07:13Uh-oh.
07:19Curry throw the play, short, Marinkovic too strong, Petrasav pushes it through, Edwards,
07:28corner, short, pump, drive, and feed!
07:38Cross says that!
07:43There we go!
08:01It's just fouled, it's gonna be free throws, Edwards reaching in from behind.
08:06Steve Kerr, very frustrated.
08:09Only six points in the paint for the US, now two of them were.
08:13Corner, doesn't get the bounce.
08:17Bogdanovic, doesn't get the roll.
08:21Nearly a steal for James, around it goes, Abramovic, hits the tray!
08:25James feeds, and one!
08:28Too little!
08:39Get it out of LeBron's hands, it's Curry!
08:42Book it!
08:43Over Abramovic, no way!
08:46Finally misses one, and through.
09:09They didn't leave each other?
09:11Like this.
09:13Look at him.
09:15And her dad.
09:17Her dad was like, oh!
09:19He's like, he's mad at me.
09:21Okay.
09:24The third couple.
09:26This third couple, I'm dying.
09:28I'm dying for real.
09:30If I was sitting like this, I'd be shocked.
09:32If I was sitting like this, I'd be shocked.
09:34What is this?
09:36Bombo and Haneen got engaged?
09:39They had read the Fatah, but they hadn't done anything.
09:41They hadn't done anything big.
09:43So, no.
09:45I was really shocked.
09:47They've been together for almost two years.
09:49We've been together for two years or more.
09:51They know each other.
09:53They went to the army and she was waiting for him outside.
09:55She was waiting for him outside.
09:57Her dad was there too.
09:59They read the Fatah and put a ring on her.
10:01She pulled it out and it was the longest she'd ever pulled out.
10:03It was the longest she'd ever pulled out.
10:05It was the longest she'd ever pulled out.
10:07The dress was a masterpiece.
10:09I don't know.
10:11Wait.
10:13The dress was a masterpiece.
10:15I loved it.
10:17Look.
10:19I don't know.
10:23You should look for it.
10:25The dress was handmade.
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