NBA. Savannah James makes a surprising move while LeBron plays for Team USA in the Paris Olympics.

After a poor start in which they trailed Serbia 10-2, the United States men’s national basketball team swung into gear and easily overcame Nikola Jokic and his teammates to begin their quest for gold at the Summer Olympics in Paris.

Despite the comfortable 110-84 victory at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, there was some dispute. For starters, despite being healthy, Boston Celtics phenom Jayson Tatum did not play a single minute, while Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry drew criticism for a late-game move that was questioned on social media.

With the shot clock turned off and the United States leading Serbia 107-84, Curry chose to shoot a 3-pointer with only 6.3 seconds remaining in a game that had already been decided. Curry, as he often does, sank the shot and turned to celebrate before it tickled the twine, capping off what turned out to be a decisive victory for Team USA.

Some fans on X/Twitter termed Curry “disrespectful” for trying the shot when he could have simply run out the clock, but Curry received mostly positive feedback after scoring 11 points in 21 minutes, including three 3-pointers. Another angle revealed that the four-time NBA champion worked hard to get an offensive rebound off a LeBron James miss — as the adage goes, “shooters shoot.”

In any case, Curry is a natural entertainer who is lapping up every second of his first Olympic Games. Curry, 36, has the opportunity to add a gold medal to his enormous trophy case, which already contains two regular-season MVP titles and a Finals MVP in 2022, and he is clearly intent on living in the moment, regardless of what the game clock says.