Team USA picked up their second consecutive gold medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics over Spain in a narrow margin of victory of 107-100.
The final game in the North Greenwich Arena saw Kevin Durant continue his scoring success with 30 points, giving the Oklahoma City Thunder player a total of 156 points most points scored throughout the London Olympics, but just one point less than Argentina's and San Antonio Spurs' Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili with 155 total points.
The United States beat Spain 107-100 Sunday morning to win their second straight gold medal in Olympic basketball.
Mike Krzyzewski gets to ride off into the sunset from his Olympic coaching career, getting his second gold medal and finishing his career as Team USA’s coach with a 62-1 record.
The game was very reminiscent of the 2008 gold medal game. Spain came out playing better than they had all Olympics and trailed by just one point entering the fourth quarter.
Team USA came out great in the fourth though scoring seven quick points. Then LeBron James picked up his fourth foul, came out of the game and Spain remained within striking distance.
When LeBron came back in, he made a backbreaking 3-pointer over Marc Gasol in the same way Kobe Bryant made a huge three four years ago.
LeBron James caps off an amazing year for him that included an MVP, NBA title and now gold medal making him the first player since Michael Jordan in 1992 to do that. Pau Gasol led Spain with 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the game.
The U.S. made the plays they needed to down the stretch. It wasn’t the prettiest win. Each team committed 27 fouls in the game and Spain also battled foul trouble with Marc Gasol picking up four in the first half and sitting the entire third quarter.
The U.S. made 15-of-37 threes in the game while Spain wasn’t as good at 7-for-19. Team USA also held their own on the boards outrebounding Spain and getting 12 offensive rebounds.With the win, the United States capture their 14th gold medal in Olympic basketball history.
