USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2016 RESULTS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL • AUGUST 6-21, 2016
The U.S. men rolled to an 8-0 record and captured the Olympic gold medal with a sterling final performance. The U.S. men got play preliminary play underway with two convincing wins, defeating China (119-62) and Venezuela (113-69) by a combined 101 points. The USA’s final three preliminary round games proved more challenging as the Americans battled to the final buzzer before earn- ing victories over Australia (98-88), Serbia (94-91) and France (100-97) by a combined 16 points. Advancing to the medal round quarterfinals, the red, white and blue found its groove and manhandled South America rival Argentina 105-78. Kevin Durant scored 13 of the USA’s 25 first-quarter points, and led the way with 27 points, including 7-of-9 shooting from 3-point, while adding seven rebounds and six assists. Paul George tallied 17 points and eight rebounds, Demarcus Cousins added 15 points and Kyrie Irving finished with 11 points. The U.S., after defeating Spain in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medal games, faced its rival again, but in 2016 it came in the medal round semifinals. Leading the entire 40 minutes, the USA fought its way to an 82-76 win to advance to the gold medal game. The U.S. led 72-57 with 7:27 left, however, Spain closed the game by outscoring the USA 11-4, but the surge was too little too late. Thompson paced the USA offense with 22 points on 4-of-8 shooting from 3, while Durant and Irving added 14 and 13 points, respectively. USA center DeAndre Jordan collected rebounds to go with nine points and four blocked shots. In a rematch versus Serbia in the gold medal contest, the U.S. quickly made it no contest and cruised to a 96-66 victory. Led by 30 points and four assists from Durant and dominating on both ends of the court, the USA outscored Serbia 33-14 in the second quarter to blow open the contest.
2016 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2016 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
China
W, 119-62 W, 113-69 W, 98-88 W, 94-91 W, 100-97 W, 105-78 W, 82-76 W, 96-66
Venezuela Australia
Carmelo Anthony Harrison Barnes DeMarcus Cousins DeMar DeRozan Jimmy Butler
F F
6-8 6-8 6-7 6-11 6-7 6-9 6-8 6-7 6-3 6-11
230 235 220 270 216 240 221 223 191 265 205 215
32 24 26 25 26 27 26 26 24 27 30 26
New York Knicks (Syracuse) Dallas Mavericks (North Carolina) Chicago Bulls (Marquette) Sacramento Kings (Kentucky)
G C G G G G C G G F
Serbia France
Toronto Raptors (USC)
Argentina
Kevin Durant Paul George
Golden State Warriors (Texas) Indiana Pacers (Fresno State)
Spain Serbia
Draymond Green
Golden State Warriora (Michigan State)
Kyrie Irving
Cleveland Cavaliers (Duke)
DeAndre Jordan
Los Angeles Clippers (Texas A&M) Toronto Raptors (Villanova) Golden State Warriors (Washington State)
Kyle Lowry
6-1 6-7
FINAL STANDINGS
Klay Thompson
HEAD COACH: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University ASSISTANT COACH: Tom Thibodeau, Minnesota Timberwolves ASSISTANT COACH: Monty Williams TEAM PHYSICIAN: Lisa Callahan, Hospital for Special Surgery/New York Knicks
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Serbia (4-4) Spain (5-3) Australia (6-2) Croatia (3-3) France (3-3) Lithuania (3-3) Argentina (3-3)
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Gregg Farnam, Minnesota Timberwolves ATHLETIC TRAINER: Joseph Sharpe, Oklahoma City Thunder USA BASKETBALL MANAGING DIRECTOR: Jerry Colangelo
2016 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Brazil (2-3) 10. Venezuela (1-4) 11. Nigeria (1-4) 12. China (0-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Durant Anthony
8/8 8/8 8/8 8/2 8/6 8/5 8/3 7/0 8/0 8/0 4/0 8/0
52- 90 33- 84 31- 65 32- 70 28- 77 27- 44 23- 31 16- 27 13- 38 12- 29 6- 13 5- 22
.578 .393 .477 .457 .363 .614 .742 .593 .342 .414 .462 .227 .471 .429
25-43 18-45 9-24 8-28 16-49
.581 .400 .375 .286 .327 .000 .222 .273 .333 .090 .369 .286 .--- .---
26-32 13-21 20-22 18-21 19-23 13-32 14-18 17-18 7-9 13-17
.813 .619 .909 .857 .778 .826 .406 .778 .944 .765 .571 .750 .769
40/5.0 42/5.3 20/2.5 36/4.5 20/2.5 46/5.8 49/6.1 10/1.4 20/2.5 26/3.3
155/19.4 97/12.1 91/11.4 90/11.3
28 18 39 15 13 13
4 2 0 5 2 3 9 1 1 0 0 1
8 5 3 6 4 4 6 6 7 2 7
Irving
George
12
Thompson
79/9.9 73/9.1 59/7.4 46/6.6 45/5.6 40/5.0 17/4.3 15/1.9
Cousins Jordan DeRozan
0-0 0-0 0-2 2-9 3-11 1-3 1-11
6 6
Butler Lowry Barnes Green
11 30
4-4 4-7
1.000 7/1.8
3
17/2.1
10
USA OPP.
8 8
278-590 231-538
83-225 52-182
168-224 113-147
364/45.5 284/35.5
807/100.9 192 627/ 78.4 160
28 16
70 55
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker