USA basketball star goes viral for injury treatment at Paris Olympics - but all is not as it seems!

Jimmer Fredette recovered himself going viral connected societal media connected Wednesday aft needing immoderate wounded curen for his groin successful nan 3x3 hoops astatine nan Paris Olympics.

Fredette was successful action arsenic USA mislaid 19-17 against Poland connected Wednesday and astatine 1 shape successful nan game, his information looked to beryllium successful superior doubt.

Cameras caught him grimacing successful symptom connected nan sideline pinch an evident rumor successful his groin and precocious thigh area pinch 3 minutes near connected nan clock.

He needed curen from a USA physio and looked successful discomfort arsenic she pressed his thigh earlier taping him up. But inevitably, personification took to societal media aft viewing nan infinitesimal arsenic aureate opportunity for a viral clip.

'Turned connected nan Olympics & Jimmer Fredette was getting immoderate aesculapian attention,' wrote nan instrumentality pinch a shocked emoji - and nan clip promptly clocked complete a cardinal views.

Fredette went into nan crippled struggling pinch an rumor but had been backed to play done nan symptom obstruction aft USA mislaid its opening 3x3 crippled against Serbia connected Tuesday.  

And he was astir vindicated. Fredette trim nan lead to 1 pinch 90 seconds near connected nan timepiece earlier Michal Sokolowski made a free propulsion a fewer seconds later to widen nan lead to 19-17. 

According to nan Associated Press, Fredette did not speak to reporters aft nan nonaccomplishment and was alternatively receiving further curen from his team's staff.

'I don't deliberation we're concerned,' Kareem Maddox said astir USA's wide hopes aftet nan Poland loss. 'We conscionable cognize we person immoderate adjustments to make.' 

Teammate Canyon Barry added: 'We're conscionable not making shots. That's what it comes down to. We had a batch of bully looks and they conscionable didn't autumn tonight.'

Fredette and his teammates return to action Thursday against Lithuania.