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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 men's basketball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece began on 15 August and ended on 28 August, when Argentina defeated Italy 84–69 for the gold medal. The games were held at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena and Olympic Indoor Hall .
Second largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 3: Philippines: W 121–53 +68: Preliminary Group Play: Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 4: Bulgaria: W 85–44 +41: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 5: Brazil: W 113–51 +62: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 6: USSR: W 85–55 +30 ...
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.
A 73-69 win over Germany set up a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics gold medal game against Team USA. Olympic men's basketball bracket Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Aug. 6
[3] [4] The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 United States Olympic Trials. Adam Nelson originally claimed a silver medal in men's shot put. On December 5, 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh 's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered ...
Group A: Spain vs. Greece (5 a.m. ET, E!/Peacock/NBCOlympics.com) Spain Santi Aldama. A third-year player in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, Aldama had his best year as a pro during the 2023-24 ...