The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the gold medal.

The team had been given the nickname "the Avengers" by some media outlets due to their high profile roster, which was assembled after the 2023 U.S. World Cup squad failed to medal.

[9] The NBA career scoring leader, LeBron James, reportedly committed the day after the United States lost in the World Cup bronze medal game, and he recruited other players to join the team.

[12] For four consecutive seasons from 2015 to 2018, while James was with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he and Curry faced each other in the NBA Finals, with the Warriors claiming three titles.

[5] Hill said that he felt obliged to include James (age 39), Curry (36), and Durant (35) after they publicly committed to playing in the 2024 Olympics.

[18] Joel Embiid, who had the opportunity to play for his native country Cameroon as well as France, was motivated to choose the United States because of his son, who was born an American in 2020.

[5] Three-time All-Star Jaylen Brown of the Celtics believed that he was passed over as Leonard's replacement in part due to Nike's influence.

[32] According to head coach Steve Kerr, the U.S. was outplayed "effort- and energy-wise" in the two games, and he felt that they played slowly and did not use their depth to their advantage.

Twice Australia cut the deficit to four points, but Devin Booker was a perfect four of four on free throws in the final eight seconds to secure the win.

[42][43] The game was tied at 40 with 4:42 remaining in the second quarter, when Curry made a four-point play on a three-pointer and subsequent free throw.

[42] Davis had all six of the United States' blocks, and the team held six-time All-Star Nikola Jokić, the reigning NBA MVP, to 6-of-19 shooting.

[42] LeBron James made a layup with eight seconds remaining in the game to put Team USA ahead, and they held on for a 101–100 win over South Sudan.

After going up 8–0 in the first 2+1⁄2 minutes of the game, the Americans trailed 58–44 at halftime after South Sudan made 61 percent of their shots in the first half and outscored the United States 21–3 on 3-pointers.

[44] James scored the final 11 points for the United States in the last 3:57 of the game as they fended off defending World Cup champion Germany 92–88.

[46] Trailing entering the fourth quarter, the United States' defense held the Germans to 19 points and James took over on offense.

[46] Embiid continued his improved play with 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists,[32] offsetting his backup, Davis, who got into foul trouble.

White received all the backup playing time at point guard, as Kerr removed Tyrese Haliburton from the rotation.

[32] Andreas Obst, the star of Germany's semifinals win over the United States in the 2023 World Cup,[33] had 17 points and five 3s.

Normally a high scorer in the NBA, he changed to a 3-and-D role on the Olympic team, serving as an on-ball, perimeter defender and a ball mover on offense.

[56][57] The United States was placed in Group C alongside Serbia, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico with games in Lille.

[60] He was scrutinized for starting Joel Embiid over Anthony Davis, bringing Kevin Durant off the bench, and removing Jayson Tatum from his rotation.

[62] Embiid struggled with four points on 2-of-5 shooting and two rebounds in 11 minutes,[62][65] finishing with a plus–minus of minus-eight, the only American with a negative plus–minus,[66] while the United States was a plus-34 when he was off the floor.

Bam Adebayo came off the bench and scored a team-high 18 points in a 103–86 win over South Sudan that clinched a spot in the quarterfinals.

[69] After nearly beating the United States in their exhibition game, the South Sudanese led 7–6 and 10–8 before the Americans outscored them 25–4 for a 33–14 lead and 55–36 edge at halftime.

[71] After sitting out the previous game against Serbia, Tatum entered the starting lineup, replacing his Boston teammate Jrue Holiday.

Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting for Team USA, who won 104–83 over Puerto Rico to clinch the No.

1 seed, the United States was placed in the opposite bracket from the other group winners, Germany and Canada, as well as France.

[81] Durant had 11 points and became Team USA's all-time leading Olympic scorer, either men's or women's, passing Lisa Leslie's mark of 488.

Curry forced an off-balance shot over Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier to put the United States up 96–87 with 35 seconds remaining.

[91] In his first Olympics, the NBA Rookie of the Year Wembanyama scored the second-most points ever against the United States in a gold-medal game, one less than Dražen Dalipagić's 27 for Yugoslavia against the 1976 team.