‘The world is healing,’ laugh basketball fans after LeBron James and Steph Curry combine during Olympic warmup game
NBA fans were in awe seeing LeBron James and Steph Curry in action for Team USA in Wednesday's 86-72 win over Canada.
The two NBA All-Stars cooked up one of the highlights of the pre-Olympics exhibition game in Las Vegas, Nevada, which quickly went viral on social media.
James, 39, went downhill after registering a steal off Jamal Murray's bad pass halfway through the third quarter.
Curry, 36, and Devin Booker joined him charging down the court with Dillon Brooks and RJ Barrett having to defend 3-on-2 in transition.
The Los Angeles Lakers star threaded the ball in between the two Canada stars as Curry cut inside from the left wing.
The Golden State Warriors playmaker then tossed an alley-oop pass to James to set the four-time MVP for a thunderous one-handed dunk, giving USA a 56-45 lead.
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And fans loved every second of the spectacular play.
"LeBron and Steph together, the world is healing!" one commented on X.
"Two glorious kings," another added.
"Crazy combo," a third said.
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"This is what the All-Star game should be," one wrote.
The bucket gave American fans a taste of what to expect from Team USA once its superstars get more reps together.
The US Olympians lacked chemistry at T-Mobile Arena, leading to chaotic and messy play at times in their first exhibition game before the Paris Olympics.
Canada dominated at first, scoring 11 of the first 12 points as James and Co. went 0-for-6 from the field.
"We got a long way to go," LeBron said after the game.
Team USA has four more exhibition matchups scheduled before they head to Paris.
They will face Australia and Serbia in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and South Sudan and Germany in London, UK.
The Paris Olympics starts on Friday, July 26.
The men's US national team will compete in Group C against Serbia, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico.
It will have a chance to win gold for the fifth time in a row this year.
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Overall, Team USA has triumphed in the men's tournament 16 times.
Only three countries have managed to taste Olympic basketball glory in the past, two of which — Yugoslavia and the USSR — no longer exist.