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Friday, LeBron James will do it carry the american flag. But first, he carried the United States men’s basketball team.
Again.
James scored the Americans’ final 11 points late in the game, and the four-time reigning Olympic gold medalists held off world champion Germany 92-88 in London on Monday night in their final warm-up before the Paris Games begin later this week.
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Announced earlier in the day as the men’s flag bearer for the Americans at Friday night’s opening ceremony on the Seine – the women’s flag bearer will be revealed Tuesday – James showed plenty of courage down the stretch, just as he did all weekend. when his layup with 8 seconds The left handed the United States a 101-100 victory over South Sudan.
James scored 20 points for the United States, while Joel Embiid had 15, Stephen Curry 13 and Anthony Edwards finished with 11.
“It was a good test for us. And I’m glad we were able to keep our composure and persevere like we did the other day against South Sudan,” James said. “It was a good win for us.”
Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points. Andreas Obst, the hero of Germany’s victory over the United States in last year’s World Cup semifinals, scored 14, while Dennis Schroder had 13 points and 10 assists. Daniel Theis added 13 points for Germany and Moritz Wagner had 12 points.