THE HEAT IS ON

This Olympic gold medal game is taking on the look of a Game 7 in the NBA finals. No layups allowed.

Both benches raised up midway through the first quarter when Spain's Jose Calderon leveled Kevin Durant on a breakaway to prevent the easy bucket.

Durant took exception and exchanged words with Calderon, while the US players on the bench had to be held back by the coaching staff to calm them down.

It's physical. It's a little nasty. It's what a title game should be.

— Jon Krawczynski — Twitter http://twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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