United States 110-84 Serbia (Jul 28, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (2024)

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LILLE, France -- Team USA entered their first Olympic game coming off two underwhelming performances against South Sudan and Germany earlier this month. But they opened pool play Sunday with a 110-84 win over reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and Serbia on Sunday.

Olympic men's basketball result: U.S. beat Serbia 110-84

Kevin Durant had a game-high 23 points including 21 in the first half and LeBron James added 21 as the U.S. made the perfect start to their campaign to win a fifth-straight men's basketball Olympic gold medal.

US men's basketball beats Serbia 110-84 in Olympics opening game.

Final Score: Team USA 104, Puerto Rico 83

Anthony Edwards scored a team-high 26 points, Joel Embiid had 15 points, Kevin Durant had 11 and Jayson Tatum and Anthony Davis each 10 points.

Highlights: Serbia knocked out after goalless draw against Denmark.

U.S. relations with Serbia have been rocky at times, due to past U.S. interventions in the conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo and the U.S. recognition of Kosovo's independence. Nevertheless, relations between Washington and Belgrade seem to have improved recently, and today they appear to be cordial.

Kendra Andrews: Curry, James, Jrue Holiday, Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, with Durant as the sixth man. Team USA coach Steve Kerr has said how he plans to continuously change his starting lineup depending on its opponent. Curry, James and Davis should be starters no matter what, and Kerr can adjust from there.

The defending Olympic men's basketball champions Team USA began their Paris 2024 campaign with a win over Serbia in their Group C opening match on Sunday at Pierre-Mauroy Stadium, near Lille, in northern France.

Nikola Jokić, Bogdan Bogdanović, Boban Marjanović and Vasilije Micić are current NBA players, as well as Nikola Jović, Aleksej Pokuševski and Tristan Vukčević (not pictured).

Olympic men's basketball gold medal winners

2020, Tokyo: U.S. (87–82 win over France in final); Australia bronze. 2016, Rio: U.S. (96–66 win over Serbia); Spain bronze. 2012, London: U.S. (107–100 win over Spain); Russia bronze.

What channel is the USA men's basketball game on today? ›

The U.S. vs. Puerto Rico matchup will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peaco*ck. You can also stream the game live here on nbcolympics.com.

In addition to streaming on Peaco*ck, the USA vs. Puerto Rico game will air live on NBC and Telemundo, with coverage starting at 11 a.m. ET.

By 1455, central Serbia was completely conquered by the Ottoman Empire. After repelling Ottoman attacks for over 70 years, Belgrade finally fell in 1521, opening the way for Ottoman expansion into Central Europe.

Serbia, as a constituent subject of the SFR Yugoslavia and later the FR Yugoslavia, was involved in the Yugoslav Wars, which took place between 1991 and 1999—the war in Slovenia, the war in Croatia, the war in Bosnia, and Kosovo.

The Croatian War of Independence was an armed conflict between Croatia and the Yugoslav army controlled by Serbia that took place from 1991 to 1995. The outcome was a Croatian victory, with which they were able to declare their independence from Yugoslavia.