Olympics basketball: USA defend title against Spain
　　The USA won their 14th Olympic basketball gold medal as they beat Spain 107-100 to defend their title.
　　The favourites powered ahead in the first quarter before Spain recovered to within a point at the interval.
　　But Spain could not contain the Americans’ powerful attack and LeBron James and Kevin Durant scored crucial baskets in the final period.
　　Durant led USA’s offence with 30 points, while Spain’s Pau Gasol scored 24 at London’s North Greenwich Arena.
　　Spain applied pressure to the USA defence for long periods to keep in touch but with their wealth of experienced NBA players the Americans ultimately had too much strength in depth.
　　Kobe Bryant said: "It was a good journey for us. It was just tough. So to be standing here at the moment having played a tough opponent in Spain, with another gold medal, it’s a huge accomplishment.
　　"We have a lot of talented players coming up. Hopefully we will continue to build our programme, continue to mentor the young fellas coming up, the college ranks and the young fellas in the pro ranks and continue to carry on the tradition."
　　杜兰特30分力擒西班牙 美国男篮夺奥运史第14冠
　　北京时间8月12日晚上，在伦敦奥运会男篮决赛上，美国梦十队以107-100击败西班牙，卫冕奥运冠军，历史上第14次夺得奥运冠军。杜兰特18投8中砍下30分和9个篮板，堪称头号功臣。詹姆斯贡献19分和7个篮板，科比拿下17分，保罗再添11分。西班牙队方面，大加索尔贡献24分、8个篮板和7次助攻的全面数据；小加索尔拿下17分。纳瓦罗得到21分，费尔南德斯也有14分进账。伊巴卡攻下12分和9个篮板。

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