United States men's Olympic basketball team. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2.
Summer Olympics in London. Defending the gold medal won by the 2. Olympic Games, the Americans qualified for the 2.
No way through. London 2012 - Tyson Chandler of Team USA uses every inch of his 7ft 1in height to block a Nigerian attack in the two countries' basketball group match.
Games after winning the 2. FIBA World Championship.
The Olympic team lost some players to injuries who might have made the team, and appeared to be short on big men. Their roster featured five players returning from the 2. Olympic team and five others from the 2.
World Championship. Coming off his successful season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Le.
Bron James became the leader of the Olympic team. The US went undefeated but appeared vulnerable in five exhibition games. They finished the tournament with a perfect 8–0 record, defeating opponents by an average of 3. The Americans often played with a small lineup that emphasized speed, quickness, and outside shooting. The team set an Olympic single- game record with 1. Nigeria in the preliminary round.
In a rematch of the 2. Team USA again defeated Spain to capture the gold. The 2. 01. 2 team practicing in Washington D. C. The 2. 01. 2 team consisted of returning 2.
Olympic gold medal winners small forwards Le. Bron James and Carmelo Anthony, point guards Chris Paul and Deron Williams, and shooting guard Kobe Bryant. It also featured 2. World Championship winners small forward Kevin Durant, power forward Kevin Love, center Tyson Chandler, and point guard Russell Westbrook. The final three roster spots were claimed by small forward Andre Iguodala, shooting guard James Harden, and power forward Blake Griffin; they were chosen over shooting guard Eric Gordon, small forward Rudy Gay, and power forward Anthony Davis.[1] Griffin then sustained a torn meniscus during practice and was replaced by Davis, the number one overall pick of the 2. NBA Draft, who earlier was unable to practice during the final tryouts due to an ankle injury.[2] Forward Lamar Odom removed himself from consideration in July before the start of training camp.[3]The initial 2. January 2. 01. 2.
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In addition to Griffin, others withdrew due to injury including power forwards Chris Bosh (abdomen) and La. Marcus Aldridge (torn meniscus), point guards Derrick Rose (ACL) and Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Dwyane Wade (knee), and center Dwight Howard (back surgery). Harden and Davis were added as replacements.[4][5] Center Andrew Bynum declined an invitation to be added as a finalist.[6]The final team was built on quickness and speed.[7] While the roster appeared to be weakened by the injuries to its inside players, Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo believed the team was deeper, more athletic and more experienced than the 2.
The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2. Summer Olympics.[9]United States men's national basketball team – 2. Summer Olympics roster. Players. Coaches.
Pos.#Name. Age – DOBHt. Club. 5. 0 ! C4. Chandler, Tyson.
October 2, 1. 98. New York Knicks. 3. SF5. Durant, Kevin. September 2. 9, 1. Oklahoma City Thunder. PF6. James, Le. Bron. December 3. 0, 1.
Miami Heat. 1. 0 ! PG7. Westbrook, Russell. November 1. 2, 1. Oklahoma City Thunder. PG8. Williams, Deron.
July 2. 6, 1. 98. Brooklyn Nets. 3. SF9. Iguodala, Andre. January 2. 8, 1. 98. Philadelphia 7. 6ers. SG1. 0Bryant, Kobe. August 2. 3, 1. 97.
Los Angeles Lakers. PF1. 1Love, Kevin.
September 7, 1. 98. Minnesota Timberwolves. SG1. 2Harden, James. August 2. 6, 1. 98.
Oklahoma City Thunder. PG1. 3Paul, Chris. May 6, 1. 98. 57. Los Angeles Clippers.
C1. 4Davis, Anthony. March 1. 1, 1. 99.
New Orleans Hornets. SF1. 5Anthony, Carmelo. May 2. 9, 1. 98. 47. New York Knicks. Head coach.
Assistant coach(es)Legend. Club – describes lastclub before the tournament. Age – describes ageon July 2. Exhibition games[edit]The United States went undefeated at 5–0 in their exhibition games, but were behind early against Brazil and Spain and played a close game against Argentina.[1. Olympic play[edit]The Americans went an undefeated 8–0 and averaged 1.
US Olympic history.[1. Team USA trailed in the fourth quarter only once, against Lithuania in the opening round.[1. James became the leader of the team with Bryant—who would turn 3. August 2. 01. 2—stepping back.[1. James facilitated the offense from the post and perimeter, called the defensive sets, and provided scoring when needed.[1.
After winning the gold, Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski said James "is the best player, he is the best leader and he is as smart as anybody playing the game right now."[2. Durant scored a United States Olympics record of 1. He also made 3. 4 three- point field goals, breaking the previous United States mark of 1.
Anthony (2. 3) also exceed the old record.[1. Bryant was not in peak condition early, but he played himself into shape and was a key contributor in the final three games.[1. While Chandler was the team's only true center—Davis was thin and had no professional experience—Krzyzewski also played Love, James or Anthony as Team USA's de facto center.[1.
Love led the team with 6. Compensating for its lack of big men, the US played small ball and spread its playmakers around the three- point line and with a player penetrating and passing the ball back outside.[2. They won with "basically five players on the perimeter," Spain coach Sergio Scariolo said.[1. Bryant and Krzyzewski declared at the completion of the tournament that 2. Olympic appearance. They both joined Team USA after the disappointing bronze finish in the 2. Games.[1. 4] Krzyzewski left with a 6.
Americans.[1. 2] He joined Henry Iba as the only US coaches to lead the team to consecutive Olympic gold medals.[1. In 2. 01. 3, Team USA announced Krzyzewski would return as head coach from 2. Preliminary round[edit]The US competed in Group A in the opening round. Teams played in a round robin format with the top four teams advancing to the next round. The Americans ended group play 5–0, the only undefeated team and the group's top seed.[2. Qualified for the quarterfinals.
July 2. 9, 2. 01. Durant scored 2. 2 points, and James had eight assists while taking only six shots as the US won their opening game 9. France.[8] The US was never in any real trouble, but played sloppy in the beginning, missing their first six three- point attempts and being called for 1.
Anthony and Westbrook spent the final six minutes of the half on the bench after their third personal fouls. The team led 5. 2–3. Krzyzewski was able to rest Bryant, James, and Durant for most of the final period, and even the 1. Davis played.[2. 7]Durant, Anthony, and Chandler contributed nine rebounds each, and Love finished with 1. Bryant, James and Durant finished the game a combined 6 for 1. France's team featured six NBA players, including Tony Parker.[2.
Tunisia[edit]0. 00. July 3. 1, 2. 01.
The US won in a 1. Tunisia, but only after Krzyzewski benched his starters—Bryant, James, Durant, Paul, and Chandler—to begin the second half. The reserves—Love, Anthony, Iguodala, Williams and Westbrook—responded with a 2. Tunisia, the consensus weakest team in the Olympics and listed by one website as 5.
The Americans then scored 1. Like the opening game when they missed their first six three- pointers, the US started this game an even worse 0- for- 8.[2. Colangelo said opponents' strategy was to force the Americans to shoot from outside and hope for an off night. The US made 1. 7 of 2. This was the team's second consecutive slow start in the Olympics, following the pattern in their five earlier exhibition games.[3. The Americans scored on a variety of dunks once the game was in hand.
Anthony and Love led the team with 1. Six Americans scored in double figures, including Durant who had 1.
Nigeria[edit]0. 00. August 2, 2. 01. 22. The US answered critics of their slow starts and outside shooting with a 1. Nigeria. The Americans scored an Olympic- record 7. Brazil against Egypt in 1. The record was broken with 4: 3. US records for 3- pointers (2.
Anthony scored 3. US single- game scoring record in less than three quarters.[3. He broke Stephon Marbury's record of 3. Spain in 2. 00. 4. Bryant scored 1. 6 points, 1.
US scored 4. 9 points in the opening period. They led 7. 8–4. The Americans shot 2. They more than doubled their previous record of 1.
Krzyzewski defended the blowout, noting that he removed his stars in the second half, ordered a zone defense, and stopped allowing fast breaks in the opening period.[3. Lithuania[edit]0. August 4, 2. 01. 21. Mainly a facilitator in the first three games,[1. James scored 9 of his 2. US came back to defeat Lithuania 9.
Linas Kleiza scored 2. Lithuania, which led by 8. The US took a three- point lead, but Lithuania pulled within 8. James followed with a three- pointer and a dunk.[3. Entering the contest, James was averaging just 6. Anthony added 2. 0 points, and Paul contributed seven rebounds, six assists and four of the Americans' 1. The US made only 1.
Lithuania outrebounded the US 4. The Americans struggled to defend Lithuania's high pick- and- roll. However, the US team's deep bench wore Lithuania down in the final period, forcing several turnovers to determine the outcome in the final minutes.[3.
Winning their first three games by an average of 5. Argentina[edit]0. August 6, 2. 01. 22. Durant scored 1. 7 of his 2. US turned a one- point game into a 1.
Argentina. The US led just 6. Durant matched Argentina's point total during a 4. Americans. James scored the first seven in the quarter before Durant took over and shot 5 of 6 from three- point range. He finished 8 of 1. James had 1. 8 points in the game, and Paul added 1. The US allowed Argentina to make 1.
Americans lead was never bigger than six in the second quarter.[3. Argentina's Luis Scola did not play in the second period, and starting point guard Pablo Prigioni sat the entire game. They rested their starters in the fourth quarter in preparation for their quarterfinal meeting against Brazil, and a possible rematch against the Americans in the semifinals.
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