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The team featured just one All-NBA selection (Duncan) and two All-Stars (Duncan and Iverson) [11] from the prior NBA season, which are both all-time lows for a U.S. Olympic team since NBA players were first allowed in 1992. [12] [13] Team USA was coached by Larry Brown, who was coming off a championship in the 2004 NBA Finals. [10]
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.It took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex, in Athens, for the preliminary rounds, with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
The following is a list of results of the United States men's basketball team at the Summer Olympics: 1936 Summer Olympics Game # ... 2004 Summer Olympics ...
The remaining two loser teams compete for fifth place in an additional game. The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1. The winning teams from the semifinals contest the gold medal. The losing teams contest the bronze. Tie-breaking criteria: Head to head results
LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
A total of 12 teams took part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation qualified automatically as hosts. Serbia and Montenegro qualified automatically by winning at the 2002 FIBA World Championship. [1] The other 10 teams were determined by five zonal tournaments (doubling as continental championships), held in 2003.
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.