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U.S. men’s basketball team loses the opener to France 83-76 — snapping a 24-game Olympics winning streak

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine thought back to his memories growing up watching USA Basketball, yelling and cheering as LeBron James and Kobe Bryant led Team USA to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

So there was a moment, as he walked through the opening ceremony in Tokyo, following a short stint in health and safety protocols, where it hit him just how surreal this experience was.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” LaVine said on a video conference this weekend from Tokyo. “You get to see this as a kid growing up and so many different memories of watching all the players you looked up to do this and go through it as well.