On August 11, in today’s Paris Olympic Men’s Basketball Gold Medal Match, the U.S. Men’s National Team defeated France to win the gold medal.
The U.S. Men’s National Team small forward Tatum won a gold medal, with the Celtics’ official account sending congratulations.
According to statistics from the Celtics’ official account, Tatum became the third player in history to be named to the NBA First Team, win an NBA championship, and an Olympic gold medal in the same year, joining LeBron James and Michael Jordan as the only others to achieve this feat.
However, Tatum ultimately failed to win the FMVP in the NBA Finals, and he did not receive much attention from head coach Kerr during the Olympics, only playing for 11 minutes and scoring 2 points in this game, and even failing to get any playing time in the semi-final against Serbia.
Tatum averaged 17.7 minutes per game in these Olympics, scoring 5.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1 steal, with a field goal percentage of 38.1%, a three-point shooting percentage of 0%, and a free-throw percentage of 83.3%.