RIO DE JANEIRO — Three wins from gold, and still no reason to think it will be easy for the U.S. men's basketball team.
This is a bumpy road in Rio, but at least the Americans know Klay Thompson is finally along for the ride.
Thompson ended an Olympic-long slump with seven 3-pointers and 30 points, and the Americans needed almost all of them to hold off France 100-97 on Sunday.
The U.S. won its 50th straight tournament game, but the last three have been nothing like most of the previous 47.
"We've obviously had three close games in a row by our standards," forward Kevin Durant said.