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While Team USA was in Paris competing for gold, Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves was on the side of the road.
“I was going to golf… and I looked at the score and it was like a 10 or eight (difference) or something at the time,” Reaves told reporters. “I stopped on the side of the road basically in the middle of traffic (and) watched the game.”
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Austin Reaves said he was so into the USA comeback over Serbia this summer – featuring LeBron and Steph – he pulled over on the side of the road to watch the ending on his phone pic.twitter.com/uPoKkT3Mcv
As Team USA crawled back from a 17-point deficit against Serbia in the semifinals, Reaves risked being late for his tee time to witness the magic.
“The fourth quarter was some of the best basketball that I have ever watched,” Reaves continued. “Everybody was locked in defensively (and) I think it was other than a couple of offensive rebounds that Serbia got, it was almost a perfect fourth quarter for the U.S.A team.”
Steph Curry exploded during the matchup, finishing with 36 points, including nine three-pointers, along with eight rebounds, one steal and two assists. LeBron James added a triple-double with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to the mix.
As the rest of the world would agree, “It was beautiful,” Reaves added.
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