US superstars fight back to reach Olympic final

A star-studded United States broadside showed their value erstwhile it mattered arsenic they fought backmost from a 13-point shortage to hit Serbia successful a thrilling Olympic men's hoops semi-final.

The immense array of NBA superstars, led by LeBron James and Steph Curry, trailed 76-63 going into nan last quarter.

But they turned up nan power and turned astir nan shortage to triumph 95-91 astatine a noisy Bercy Arena.

The comeback maintained nan Americans' bid for a 5th successive golden successful an Olympic arena which they person dominated since it was introduced successful 1936.

On Saturday, they will play hosts France successful nan gold-medal match.

Serbia, led by reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, must settee for a ace astatine bronze erstwhile they look Germany earlier connected nan aforesaid day.