NBA fans can substitute their usual bickering and overwhelming pride for their specific teams today to celebrate the astonishing accomplishments of some of their biggest stars. Led by <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-durant-signs-massive-new-extension-with-nets-details-news.137069.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Brooklyn Nets powerhouse Kevin Durant</a> and <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/team-usa-reportedly-frustrated-with-gregg-popovich-news.136360.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">legendary coach Gregg Popovich</a>, the courageous Team USA men&#8217;s basketball team pushed their way to a gold medal victory on Friday at the Olympics, beating out Team France 87-82. This marks the team&#8217;s fourth and <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/damian-lillard-theorizes-why-team-usa-is-struggling-news.136352.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">most hard-fought</a> gold medal win in four straight Olympics &#8212; proof that Team USA truly has the best basketball talent the world can offer.
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<a href="/profile/kevin-durant" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Kevin Durant</a> stole the show in Saturday&#8217;s game, scoring 29 points as he led the team to victory. &#8220;When you&#8217;re a part of a team that&#8217;s evolving by the second, it&#8217;s amazing to see. Each game we continued to grow. I&#8217;m grateful we all committed to it, we stuck with it and we finished it off,&#8221; Durant said after the game. <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-durant-signs-massive-new-extension-with-nets-details-news.137069.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Nets Forward signed a $198 million four-year contract extension with the Brooklyn team just hours before the Olympic final</a>.
Teammate Draymond Green was quick to sing Durant&#8217;s praise, as well. &#8220;He&#8217;s one of the greatest players to ever play this game. One of the most special guys you&#8217;ve ever seen lace their shoes up and take a basketball court,&#8221; Green said. 
Though the victory marks a prestigious moment for the team and the country as a whole, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/damian-lillard-theorizes-why-team-usa-is-struggling-news.136352.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">their journey through the 2021 Tokyo Olympics came with major challenges</a>. <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nigeria-upsets-stacked-team-usa-roster-fans-left-stunned-news.135524.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The team suffered a crushing defeat against Team Nigeria in a preliminary game</a>, casting major doubt on their tenure at the Tokyo Olympics.
LeBron James took to Twitter to congratulate the team, of which he didn&#8217;t take part in. &#8220;CONGRATULATIONS MEN!&#8221;, Lebron wrote with a gold medal emoji. President Biden also took a moment to praise them with a two-minute video on Twitter expressing his pride over the victory. 
Check out both tweets below and congratulations Team USA!
<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/1423864278130561031" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/1423864278130561031</a>
 <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/1423993366975496197" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/1423993366975496197</a>