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The United States have survived an almighty scare as they reached the Olympic men’s basketball final with a narrow 95-91 victory over Serbia. LeBrown James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry trailed until late in the fourth quarter before turning the tide against the World Cup runners-up. The US will face hosts France as in the Tokyo 2020 final on Saturday after the French beat World Cup champions Germany 73-69. The US will be aiming for a fifth straight and 17th overall title. Curry had 36 points, Joel Embiid 19, and James 16 along with 12 rebouds against the Serbians paced by Bogdan Bogdanovic’…

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