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The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada .
Game 5: Chile: W 103–55 +48: Quarterfinal Group Play [3] Game 6: Brazil: W 57–53 +4: Quarterfinal Group Play [3] Game 7: Argentina: W 85–76 +9: Semifinals [3] Game 8: USSR: W 36–25 +11: Gold Medal Final: USA wins gold medal (3) [3] Tournament totals: 8–0 record; 70.3 points per game; +19.5 average point differential
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.
All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium. The United States, nicknamed the "Redeem Team", defeated Spain in the gold medal game, finishing the tournament undefeated and winning the gold medal for the first time since 2000, while Argentina, the defending Olympic champions who lost to the U.S. in the semifinals, won the ...
Howard at the 2008 Olympics. On March 5, 2006, Howard was named to the 2006–2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program. [1] As the team's regular starting center, he helped lead the team to a 5–0 record during its pre-World Championship tour, and subsequently helped the team win the bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World ...
2008 World Series: Completion of Game 5: Philadelphia Phillies 4, Tampa Bay Rays 3. Phillies win series 4–1. Pedro Feliz's seventh-inning single scored pinch runner Eric Bruntlett with the eventual winning run, and the Phillies claim Philadelphia's first major sports title since the 1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers. Pitcher Cole Hamels is named MVP.
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he led the United States men's basketball team, commonly known as the "Redeem Team", in scoring and helped them capture the gold medal. In the 2008–09 season , Wade led the league in both total points (2,386) and points per game (30.2), the latter stat earning him his lone NBA scoring title .