PARIS (France) - LeBron James is the new king of the Olympic triple-double after the United States superstar registered the masterful achievement against Serbia in the Semi-Finals - his second triple-double in the Olympics.
James tallied 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 95-91 victory over Serbia to get USA into the Gold Medal Game.
The 39-year-old is one of only three players to collect a triple-double along with Sasha Belov of Soviet Union and Luka Doncic of Slovenia.
Belov had 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists against Canada in 1976.
James tallied 11 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists versus Australia in 2012
Doncic had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 18 assists against France in 2021.
"I am always trying to be aggressive and make plays for our team. I just try to leave everything on the floor and my teammates believe in me," said James, who is playing in his third Olympics.
When asked where this moment stacks in his career, he responded: "It's up there. I am 39 years old going into my 22nd season. I don't know how many more opportunities I will get like this."
James also made more history by moving into second place for assists all-time in Olympics history. With his 10 dimes, he moved to 129 assists and passed Sarunas Marciulionis of Soviet Union and Lithuania. Lithuanian great Sarunas Jasikevicius is the only player with more assists at 160.
Most assists all-time at the Olympics
James' one steal left him just one shy of tying the all-time leader, Russia's Andrei Kirilenko.
Most steals made all-time at the Olympics
The duo of James and Kevin Durant together moved up additional spots in the all-time games won list. James has helped USA to 26 wins - fourth place on the list - and Durant ranks tied for fifth with 25 wins.
Most games won all-time at the Olympics
*Active players
The assist was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 1976, the steal was introduced in 1996.
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