LeBron James was fairly actually floored by France’s efficiency within the males’s basketball closing on Saturday.
Within the closing minutes of the second quarter with the Individuals main 40-33, Frenchman Guerschon Yabusele acquired a go on the suitable facet past the arc.
He shortly faked a hand off to protect ex-Knick Frank Ntilikina and sped previous his defender, Kevin Durant, and Ntilikina’s defender, Devin Booker, to go downhill.
On the rim, he was met with James, who was posterized by an unbelievable over-the-top dunk from Yabusele.
James fell flat on the courtroom in disbelief, however left the world together with his third gold medal — Workforce USA’s fifth consecutive gold — in a 98-87 victory.
The play instantly despatched the French bench and Bercy Enviornment right into a frenzy, leaping up and down and waving flags for his or her residence workforce.
Basketball followers have additionally eaten up the second on social media.
“This man simply bodied LeBron James in entrance of the world,” an X consumer wrote.
“Lebron James obtained dunked on viciously OMG within the #GoldMedal recreation,” one other stated.
One other wrote: “If a 6’8 260 lbs athletic freak that may shoot, defend, rebound, and dunk on Lebron James can’t even make the league then you don’t have any likelihood.”
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS
James, 39, can have the second be one of many highlights of what could have been his closing Olympic basketball recreation, together with Durant.
The four-time MVP and 20-time All-Star has began in every of Workforce USA’s Olympics contests and had 14 factors and 6 rebounds within the gold medal recreation.
James first suited up for the Olympic workforce in Athens in 2004, taking a disappointing bronze, earlier than ultimately taking residence gold in each London (2012) and Rio (2016).
James was seemingly driving a excessive into Paris after signing his Lakers extension together with the addition of his oldest son, Bronny James, to his Los Angeles workforce, the place they would be the first father-son duo to play on an NBA workforce collectively.
