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Kevin Durant passes Lisa Leslie as USA's all-time leading Olympics scorer
Kevin Durant entered the Paris Olympics with a strong case as the greatest player in USA Basketball history.
It just got stronger. With a dunk in the third quarter of USA's 122-87 win over Brazil in Tuesday's Olympic quarterfinal round, Durant became Team USA's all-time leading Olympics scorer.
Durant entered Tuesday's game trailing the previous mark of 488 points held by U.S. great Lisa Leslie by five points. He got off to a slow start with two points in the first half as Joel Embiid and Devin Booker paced the U.S. scoring effort.
But he got an early bucket off the bench in the third, then followed it up with a dunk from the baseline on a pass from Anthony Davis to give USA an 86-59 lead.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/paris-olympics-kevin-durant-passes-lisa-leslie-as-usas-all-time-leading-olympics-scorer-221145027.html