Curry saves USA from seismic Olympic basketball shock at hands of Serbia

The team, led by LeBron James, Stephen Curry and a host of NBA All-Stars, were expected to stroll to another Olympic title, even thought the rest of the world has been catching up with the Americans in recent years.

Coming into the Paris Games, the US had won gold in eight of the last 10 Olympics, with their last stumble coming in 2004 when they won bronze.

Curry and James were the heroes for the US in their 95-91 victory. James recorded a triple-double while Curry scored 36 points.

The US will play France in the final after the hosts beat Germany 73-69 in the other semi-final in front of a raucous home crowd.

NBA rookie of the year Victor Wembanyama was bloodied at the end of the game after suffering a cut to his neck.