Rob Paternostro
American basketball coach

LeBron has stepped up for them at both ends of the floor.

There's Steph Curry showing the emotion.

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Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Bercy Arena

Cometh the hour, cometh LeBron.

James turns the screw to help the US superstars level.

After teeing up Joel Embiid, the four-time NBA MVP rolls through the Serbia defence like only he can.

Tight, tense and absolutely thrilling!

Serbia are shellshocked...

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Timeout over and Serbia are rapid out of the blocks to put two points on the board thanks to superstar Nikola Jokic.

But now it's back to chants of 'USA! USA!', as Steph Curry and LeBron James combine to lift the American team back ahead in this semi-final match.

Are they on their way to the gold-medal game?

"It's a two-point game!" says the commentary team.

Not any more, however, as the baskets are going in left, right and centre in the fourth quarter and Kevin Durant, followed by LA Lakers' Lebron James, manage to pull this semi-final back level with Serbia.

Go and have a timeout...

Athenya Bylon has had a warning for excessive holding in the third round, which is still going on.

A much better second round from Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic team against Atheyna Bylon of Panama.

Ngamba gets the round on four of the five judges so it is into a deciding round, whoever wins this one will go into the gold medal bout.

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Rob Paternostro
American basketball coach

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No matter who is playing the atmosphere has been tremendous. Inside and outside. A great atmosphere outside on our way in to the game.

A frantic opening round in the semi-final with both Cindy Ngamba and Athenya Bylon slugging it out and both going on the attack.

A looping left hand near the end from Bylon leaves Ngamba off balance, but she stays on her feet. All five judges give the round to Bylon so there is plenty of work for Ngamba, who trains with the GB squad, to do if she is going to keep her gold medal dream alive.

Rob Paternostro
American basketball coach

This is big from the United States. They are far from out of this.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Bercy Arena

Belief is back among the Americans!

Kevin Durant swishes a three-pointer from the sideline just before he stacks it, the Devin Booker gets in the act too.

Bedlam. Travis Scott is back springing to his feet, so too are Snoop Dogg and Simone Biles higher in the stands.

For the first time in a while we hear that chant which grates ever so slightly for non-Americans...

'U-S-A, U-S-A!'

Maybe the USA are not down and out just yet.

It was all Serbia, who extended their lead by 11 points in this fourth quarter. But now the American fans are feeling confident, as the big guns of the US claw their way back to 73-78 thanks to Devin Booker's three-pointer.

Quick timeout and we're back at it.

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Here comes Cindy Ngamba into the ring, the fighter who is already guaranteed to be the Refugee Olympic team's first medallist.

She trains with the GB squad and will be guaranteed at least a silver medal if she defeats Atheyna Bylon of Panama.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Bercy Arena

This American team has a stronger ensemble cast than the Tune Squad in Space Jam.

Maybe LeBron could do with Bugs and Daffy on his shoulder.

In the real world, the shock is still on the cards.

The US team narrows the gap in the third quarter before a three-pointer from Marko Guduric opens up a 13-point lead in the final stages.

LeBron James steps up and gets USA up and running in the fourth quarter. Three points added to their tally, making the score 76-67 to Serbia.

Over at the Bercy Arena, the third quarter is done and Serbia are ahead against Team USA's NBA mega stars in this semi-final game.

LeBron James is bellowing instructions to his team-mates.

Fourth quarter, here we go...

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For the golden few, the sound of a bell ringing is music to the ears.

Athletes who win gold at Paris 2024 will forever leave their mark on the famous city when the Games conclude, as the bell is moving to its new home at Notre Dame when the cathedral's renovations are complete.

Notre Dame was devastated by a fire in 2019 and has been undergoing lengthy renovation work ever since. It will reopen to the public in December.

Grant Holloway has been 110m hurdles world champion, indoor champion, Diamond League champion, but the one medal that had allude the American so far was Olympic gold.

He already had a Tokyo silver, so it was time for an upgrade.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport in Paris

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One house in the Nations Park at Paris 2024 has a particularly contrasting atmosphere to the others.

The mood at Ukraine House is, understandably, sombre and sterner.

Throughout the Games, a host of events are reinforcing how the nation is still facing the same horrors of war which began when Russia launched a full-scale invasion in March 2022.

The Ukrainians' message to the world is simple: 'Please don't forget about us.'

Guest speakers have featured many Olympic athletes competing in Paris, along with Arsenal footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko and world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk.

Yesterday, there were powerful testimonies from Yuriy Haponchuk, a former army guard whose leg was blown off by a Russian landmine and now part of the Ukrainian amputees' football team, and eight-year-old gymnast Oleksandra Pascal who lost her leg in a Russian attack.

Fencer Olga Kharlan appeared earlier this week with the gold and bronze medals she has won, dedicating them to "all Ukrainian people and all the troops who are defending us".

"Without you, we wouldn't have a country, we wouldn't have a home, we wouldn't have anywhere to come back with these medals," she added.

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Team GB's Bradly Sinden speaking to BBC Sport after pulling out of his Taekwondo bronze medal match: "In my second fight, I don't know what I did but I went for a kick and I felt something, I felt a twinge in my knee on my MCL and then carried on in the fight and then felt it go.

"I know what it feels like as I have done it in my right knee before and it's just frustrating. I knew I couldn't do the game plan I wanted in the semi-finals but thought I could give it a good go.

"It was hard and I played a tactical game, I thought it could go my way but just a bit too much in the end.

"We all mind losing and if I could do my full best and lose then I would have 100% in the bronze medal match given it my best for Team GB, but with the injury I didn't think I had it in me to perform my best and bring home that bronze medal so I've taken the tough decision.

"I didn't want to end Paris 2024 like this but sometimes your body has different plans for you."

BBC iPlayer

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Now then, it's getting rather tasty in the men's basketball, where Team USA's superstars have it all to do against Serbia. Watch live action of that match now, on iPlayer or the second stream at the top of this page.