Miami Heat Super Star Motivation for a Second Gold Medal in the Paris Game

Tracking Bam Adebayo’s Game-by-Game Performance & Stats at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo is aiming for his second gold medal at the Paris Games this summer after winning with Team USA four years prior.

Because of his ability to lead an Olympic defence and create opportunities for his star colleagues, Adebayo has established himself as a mainstay on the Team USA roster over the course of his seven-year career. However, even this group has a more star power than the 2020 Gold-winning team.

The elite team has united to exact revenge for their FIBA World Cup fourth-place result from the previous summer.

Adebayo will go up against legendary players like Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and LeBron James. Joel Embiid will probably start ahead of him off the bench, but based on Team USA’s exhibition schedule, he will still be a part of the starting lineup for every game.

Here, we’ll follow Adebayo’s progress in every match for Team USA, starting at the beginning of the Paris Games and hopefully ending when he wins his second gold medal.

Bam Adebayo’s game-by-game performance

Game 1: vs Serbia

  • July 28, 11:15 am ET; Lille, France
  • Team USA got production across its lineup in its Olympic-opening 110-84 win over Serbia.
  • Kevin Durant, in his first game for Team USA after recovering from a calf sprain, led the star-studded group with 23 points in 17 minutes off the bench. LeBron James tallied 21 points, seven rebounds and nine assists. Devin Booker (12), Jrue Holiday (15), Stephen Curry (11) and Anthony Edwards (11) scored in double digits.
  • Bam Adebayo finished with four points, two rebounds and two assists in his 20 minutes and helped anchor a defense that held Nikola Jokic and his Serbia teammates to 41.9% shooting overall (and 24.3% from beyond the arc).

Game 2: vs South Sudan

  • July 31, 3 pm ET; Lille, France
  • Summary of the game’s outcome
  • Key performance metrics (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, etc.)
  • Highlight plays and crucial moments
  • player’s impact on the game

Game 3 vs Puerto Rico

  • Aug. 3, 11:15 am ET; Lille, France
  • Summary of the game’s outcome
  • Key performance metrics (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, etc.)
  • Highlight plays and crucial moments
  • player’s impact on the game