It required a sigh of relief as Bogdan Bogdanovic's potential game-tying three-pointer missed in the final seconds of Friday's Group A showdown at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the United States men's basketball team beat Serbia, 94-91, to improve to 4-0.
The Americans survived a late charge after building an early 18-point lead and again struggled to put away an opponent after needing a surge to beat Australia by 10 on Wednesday. Serbia gradually chipped away at the advantage the United States held for the entire game before it found itself with the ball with a chance to tie.