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Team USA Wins, Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant Ties Los Angeles Lakers Carmelo Anthony's Record, And Indiana Pacers' Lloyd Pierce Comes Back To Indy With The Gold

Team USA beat France on Friday to win the Gold Medal in the Tokyo Olympics. San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich coached a team (with Indiana Pacers assistant coach Lloyd Pierce and others) full of NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets, Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns, Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics and many more.

Indiana Pacers assistant coach Lloyd Pierce now has a Gold Medal after Team USA beat France in the Gold Medal game on Friday night. 

The Pacers congratulated Pierce on Twitter for the accomplishment. 

The final score was 87-82 (see Tweet below from The Players' Tribune).

The full roster:

Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)

Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)

Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets)

Jerami Grant (Detroit Pistons)

Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks)

Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors)

Keldon Johnson (San Antonio Spurs)

Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls)

Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers) 

Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)

Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks)

JaVale McGee (free agent)

The full coaching staff:

Jerry Colangelo (managing director)

Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)

Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors)

Lloyd Pierce (Indiana Pacers)

Jay Wright (Villanova University)

Durant had 29 points in the final game, but France did put a good fight, with Rudy Gobert scoring 16 points and grabbing eight rebounds and Evan Fournier tallying 16 points. 

On July 31, Durant passed Carmelo Anthony as having the most points in Team USA history (see Tweet below from Shams Charania).

Durant also tied Anthony with having the most Gold Medals in Men's Basketball history (see Tweet below from The Undefeated).

Some Tweets about Team USA can be seen below. 

  • PACERS DRAFT CHRIS DUARTE: The Indiana Pacers drafted Chris Duarte out of Oregon with the 13th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. CLICK HERE.
  • PACERS TRADE FOR ISAIAH WASHINGTON: The Indiana Pacers made a trade with the Washington Wizards to get the 22nd overall pick, which was Isaiah Jackson out of Kentucky. CLICK HERE.
  • RICK CARLISLE SPEAKS ABOUT NEW DRAFT PICKS: Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle spoke about new draft picks Isaiah Washington and Chris Duarte. CLICK HERE.
  • HEAT BRING BACK VICTOR OLADIPO: Victor Oladipo is headed back to the Miami Heat, according to The Atheltic's Shams Charania. CLICK HERE.
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