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USA Basketball won an historic eighth-straight Olympic gold in the final team event of the Paris Games on Sunday, narrowly taking down host nation France by a wildly tight score of 67-66.

While the US entered the game as heavy favorites, France led in the second half by as many as 10 points, with defensive sturdiness and a raucous home crowd propelling them to a wildly tight 67-66 final score.

French defense nearly upsets Team USA

It was Team USA’s closest game in Olympic history, only avoiding overtime thanks to Team France star Gabby Williams’s foot touching the three-point line as she sunk the final bucket.

The US came into the matchup boasting a massive point differential, but France almost immediately flipped the script, forcing the defending champs into 19 turnovers — 13 in the first half alone.

The US had scored just 25 points by halftime — the lowest recorded in Paris — but France also struggled to capitalize on turnovers, shooting below 30% from the field in the first half.

Kahleah Copper takes a shot in the USA's gold medal victory over France
Team USA’s Kahleah Copper helped turn the game around off the bench on Sunday. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bench boosts USA to Olympic gold medal win

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