France shocks US to end 25-game Olympic basketball win streak

France’s 83-76 victory was the first Olympic men’s basketball loss for Team USA since 2004.

The US men’s basketball team has been defeated 83-76 by France, losing at the Olympics for the first time since 2004 and for just the sixth time in the history of the tournament. The French had upset the US men when they last met in the 2019 FIBA World Cup quarter-finals and they had their number again on Sunday in the first day of group play at the Saitama Super Arena near Japan’s capital Tokyo. Evan Fournier scored 28 points for France, while Rudy Gobert scored 14 and Nando de Colo had 13.