On Friday, LeBron James will carry the United States flag. But first, he led the United States men’s basketball team.
James scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the stretch, and the four-time Olympic gold medalists defeated World Cup winner Germany 92-88 in London on Monday night in their penultimate practice before the Paris Games begin later this week.
James, who had been announced earlier in the day as the American male flagbearer in Friday night’s opening ceremony down the River Seine (the female flagbearer will be revealed on Tuesday), came through time and time again down the stretch.
Overall, James scored 20 points for the United States.
