PARIS) — Canyon Barry carried the short-handed U.S. men’s team to two victories Friday in 3×3 pool play at the Paris Olympics.

Barry scored 14 points in a 21-17 win over China in the nightcap after dropping 15 in a 21-19 victory over France earlier Friday.

“Winning in the Olympics is fun,” a beaming Barry said. “I’ll tell you that there’s not much of a better feeling than that.”

The U.S., which played without star Jimmer Fredette for a third straight game because of a lower extremity injury, had dropped its first four games of the tournament.

“It’s exhausting, it’s brutal,” Barry said of playing a man down. “But we’re Olympians, we’ve trained for it. Obviously, not ideal circumstances, but… you have to be able to push through and persevere. And that’s what makes being an Olympian special.”

The U.S. led China by 6 after a 2-pointer by Dylan Travis with about two minutes to go. Ning Zhang then scored three points for China to cut the lead to 18-15.

Travis made a basket before Jiaren Zhao hit two free throws to make it 19-17 with less than a minute to go. Barry pulled up at the top of the key and nailed a 2-pointer to end it with 36 seconds left.

Travis raved about Barry’s work Friday.

“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “I don’t know, it’s like he was playing with a higher power or something.”

China fell to 1-5 with the loss.

In the early game, France took the lead on a basket by Franck Seguela with 90 seconds to go. Barry, the son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, then took over.

He scored a basket before making two of the underhanded free throws his father made famous to leave the U.S. one point from the win.

Barry last played professionally with the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League from 2018-22, where he averaged 9.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 23.7 minutes through 90 games.