USA vs. Brazil live updates: U.S. wins easily to advance in Paris Olympics 2024 men’s basketball tournament

Kevin Durant spoke about passing Lisa Leslie to become the all-time leading scorer for the United States at the Olympics: “Records are meant to be broken, so somebody will come along and do the same. We’re just focused on trying to win this gold.

“I love how we’re defending and talking. I love how the first unit got us going tonight. Started us off well, and second unit came in and tried to feed off of that. Teams are going to make runs against us, that’s just the nature of the game, but I like how we stayed poised throughout it all.”

On facing Serbia next: “Serbia’s coming in with some momentum as well, coming back from down 24 points today (against Australia), making big shots down the stretch. We beat them twice already, so you know they’re going to be prepared.

“They’re just more familiar with us, they understand how we’re coming out there, we understand them as well. So it’s going to be about who wants it more, to be honest. We can go with film and tendencies and all that stuff as much as we want, which we will do, but at the end of the day, it’s about who wants it more.”

LeBron James also spoke about Durant breaking Leslie’s record: “He was born to play ball and he’s simply incredible. I’m happy for him, congratulations to him, super proud of him, and he’s got more to go.”