Paris olympics : fans gathered around the US basketball team's hotel before semi-finals

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00:00On Thursday, the team is going to face off Serbia in the semi-finals.

00:04In the meantime, Klovis Kozali is in front of the US basketball team's hotel.

00:09And I understand where you are, there are a lot of fans there as well.

00:16Indeed, I'm not the only one here outside the hotel

00:20where the Team USA basketball players are staying.

00:24Huge stars, and they just came out.

00:26We saw Stephen Curry, we saw many big, big names, Anthony Davis and others.

00:32And let's go and talk to one of the fans who's here waiting.

00:36Raphael, 16 years old, from Paris.

00:39Raphael, tell me a bit about the atmosphere here today.

00:42Who did you get to see?

00:44I got to see Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry.

00:48The big names, even LeBron James, but slightly, but still I saw him.

00:53And I think this is a crazy atmosphere.

00:56Everyone's waiting for them.

00:58And that's the chance of a life.

01:01Yeah, and LeBron James went back inside,

01:04so everybody here is waiting for the big superstar from the Lakers,

01:07one of the greatest players of all times, to come out again.

01:10And you were telling me it's a chance of a lifetime,

01:13because not everyone's lucky enough to go to the USC basketball, right?

01:17Yes, I'm not lucky.

01:19Oh, there's the feminine basketball players.

01:22But yes, not everyone has the chance to go and see them in the NBA.

01:27I don't, so I think I have only one chance to see him,

01:31so I'm very excited about that.

01:33And it's crazier that it's here in Paris.

01:38And that's also the Olympics.

01:40The Olympics brings all these stars.

01:42How do you feel about these games at home in Paris?

01:45That's a lifetime chance also,

01:50because the last games were 100 years ago.

01:54So that's a crazy atmosphere.

01:57I'm very excited about these games.

02:01And I think I'm very lucky to be here today,

02:05because some people come from,

02:08they travel just to be here and see the NBA players.

02:14So I feel very lucky about that.

02:16Thank you very much, Raphaël, and I hope you get that signature,

02:19that autograph from LeBron James for the time being.

02:22The players haven't given any autographs,

02:25but they waved to their fans after that great victory against Brazil yesterday.

02:30Well, they've got a bit of time off.

02:32We've seen some of the players walk out on their own with bodyguards

02:36to have a little stroll in the streets of Paris,

02:39here near the Opéra,

02:41others in a bus presumably going for lunch or for an outing altogether.

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