PARIS — America’s recurring dream continues.
As James Brown’s “Living in America” played over the Bercy Arena loudspeakers, several of the greatest NBA players ever from the U.S. draped themselves in their country’s flag and celebrated a 98-87 win over France on Saturday.
Two of them were born in the same hospital in Akron, Ohio, three years apart. Another was born in Washington, D.C., one in Chicago, one in Atlanta. Another, in Cameroon. But they formed a team America could root for — one that was both dominant and tested, and ultimately victorious against the rest of the world that has never been better at this game than it is now.
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