PARIS, France — It was a wild two weeks of men's basketball at the Paris Olympics, featuring more than its fair share of high-flying dunks.
Highlights include dunks by Victor Wembanyama of France, a quarterfinal dunk by NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo and a wide-open breakaway shot by local baller Anthony Edwards during the Puerto Rico-US matchup.
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Both the men's and women's U.S. basketball teams walked away with gold medals at the end of the Games.
The women’s victory against France 67-66 came less than 24 hours after the U.S. men’s team also beat France. This was the first time in Olympic history that both gold medal games featured the same two teams. Unlike the men’s game on Saturday, this one came down to the final minute and one last shot by France that was just inside the 3-point line.
The U.S. women stretched their number of consecutive games won in the Olympics to 61, with their eighth-straight gold medal in the Olympics. The eight golds broke a tie with the American men’s program that won seven in a row from 1936-68.
Material from the Associated Press contributed to this story.
