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. 

bringing 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 back to Indy 🥇

Congratulations Coach Pierce!#Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/ItSbS3IwTS

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) August 7, 2021

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

🇺🇸🥇 USA WINS GOLD 🥇🇺🇸

With their 87-82 win over France, @usabasketball is bringing home their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal. #TeamUSA | #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/ZjAbkecuVa

— The Players' Tribune (@PlayersTribune) August 7, 2021

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).

Kevin Durant has surpassed Carmelo Anthony for the most points scored by USA men’s basketball player in Olympic history.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 31, 2021

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

Kevin Durant joins Carmelo Anthony as the only players to win 3 Olympic gold medals in men's basketball 🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/Mg0fqH24Fb

— Andscape (@andscape) August 7, 2021

Some Tweets about Team USA can be seen below. 

How Sweet It is #GoldHabits 🥇

🇺🇸 #USABMNT x #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/tetmNntN8W

— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 7, 2021

The U.S. women's basketball team congratulated the men after they won gold 🥇

The women have a chance to claim their seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal when they play Japan at 10:30 PM ET.

(via @usabasketball) https://t.co/xgjuMhrauo

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 7, 2021

EARNED 🍾🥇 pic.twitter.com/3fB6Ur8iZL

— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 7, 2021

The #Tokyo2020 Olympic Champions 🇺🇸🥇 pic.twitter.com/ueRXQnKQFB

— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) August 7, 2021

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