{"id":417484,"date":"2025-09-12T03:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417484\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T03:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:55:10","slug":"not-being-on-the-court-when-steph-curry-dismantled-france-during-the-olympics-frustrated-rudy-gobert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417484\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Being on the Court When Steph Curry Dismantled France During the Olympics Frustrated Rudy Gobert"},"content":{"rendered":"

A full year has passed since the 2024 Paris Olympics, yet the gold medal match between USA and France continues to live on in people\u2019s memory. Stephen Curry\u2019s heroics down the stretch continue to haunt members of the French team. However, Rudy Gobert\u2019s pain stems from something different than his counterparts on the national team.<\/p>\n

Rudy Gobert<\/a><\/strong> is no stranger to heartbreaking losses in basketball. But nothing quite comes close to losing in the most important basketball game in France\u2019s history. To make matters worse, Gobert didn\u2019t have the opportunity to make an impact for France in those deciding moments.<\/p>\n

Whether fans like him or not, Gobert was the most decorated player on France\u2019s roster. That didn\u2019t play a big factor in head coach Vincent Collet\u2019s plans, as he played the three-time Defensive Player of the Year for just 12 minutes. In the time he was on the court, Gobert finished with 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-1 French star had to watch from the sidelines as Curry<\/a><\/strong> broke France\u2019s hopes for a gold medal. In a recent interview with Tommy Alter of Young Man and the Three, Gobert revealed his emotions of the heartbreaking match in the Paris Olympics<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I could have been on the court at that moment,\u201d Gobert said<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cOf course, the competitor in you, in that moment, you are frustrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a quick process for Gobert to get over the fact that he was so close to dethroning basketball\u2019s international powerhouse in Team USA. It\u2019s important to note that the gold medal game took place in France. A gold medal win for France in front of it\u2019s home crowd would\u2019ve been a sight to behold.<\/p>\n

Gobert, however, understands his coaching staff\u2019s actions. Now that time has passed and he has a clear mind, he views that game with a different lens.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can only be grateful to be able to witness and live such greatness. When you witness those kind of plays and efforts, you can only tip your hat,\u201d Gobert said.<\/p>\n

Gobert is one of many who remain in awe of Curry\u2019s extraordinary talent<\/a><\/strong>. The Golden State Warriors star finished with 24 points, including four incredibly difficult three pointers in a row to solidify the win for Team USA. For that stretch, almost everyone in the world became a fan of Stephen Curry, including Gobert.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to be turned into a fan but this is one of the greatest to ever do it,\u201d Gobert proclaimed.<\/p>\n

That said, the competitive fire hasn\u2019t left Gobert\u2019s heart since that intense duel. In the 2025 NBA playoffs, Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated Curry\u2019s Warriors in the second round. However, Curry\u2019s injury in Game 1 ruined any narrative of revenge.<\/p>\n

At least for Gobert\u2019s sake, Golden State remains a formidable foe in the Western Conference. If the Timberwolves strive to make another deep run in the playoffs, they may need to get past the Warriors. If that\u2019s the case, the opportunity for Gobert to enact his revenge may very well present itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A full year has passed since the 2024 Paris Olympics, yet the gold medal match between USA and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,93208,139939,143022],"class_list":{"0":"post-417484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-paris-olympics","12":"tag-rudy-gobert","13":"tag-stephen-curry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115189312606874908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}