USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 2014 RESULTS
SPAIN • AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 14, 2014
The USA, led by national team managing director Jerry Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski, compiled a 9-0 record to claim the World Cup gold medal and earn the United States its first back-to-back World titles. Outscoring its nine opponents by 33.0 points per game, the effort featured seven players averaging between 9.6 and 14.2 points. Kyrie Irving was selected World Cup MVP and was joined on the five-member All-World Cup Team by teammate Kenneth Faried. Playing its preliminary round games in Bilbao, Spain, the USA opened against Finland and held the Finns to 0-for-17 shooting and outscored them 29-2 in the second quarter to power to 114-55 victory. The 59-point win was the USA’s largest margin of victory in FIBA World Cup play since NBA players have been included on rosters (1994). The USA trailed 2010 World Championship silver medalist Turkey by five points at halftime, but U.S. big men Anthony Davis and Faried stepped up and combined for 33 points in the second half to propel the USA to a 98-77 win. The U.S. knocked off New Zealand 98-71 and remained unbeaten and earned the No. 1 seed for Group C with a 106-71 win over Dominican Republic. The USA wrapped up its preliminary round play with a 95-71 win against Ukraine as six U.S. players were in double-figures. Moving on to Barcelona and the Round of 16, led by 20 points from Stephen Curry, who tallied 11-straight points in the third quarter and shot 6-of-9 from 3 for the game, the USA advanced into the 2014 FIBA World Cup quarterfinals with an 86-63 win over Mexico. Facing Slovenia, while the U.S. lead was just 49-42 at the midway point of the quarterfinals game, the second half was all USA. Riding a game-changing 37-22 third quarter, the Americans pulled away for a convincing 119-76 win. For a second consecutive game, a second-half run sealed a must-win contest for the USA as it rallied behind a 33-14 third quarter scoring advantage to secure a 96-68 victory over Lithuania. Led by 26 points from tournament Irving and 23 points from James Harden, the USA saved its best performance of the World Cup for the gold medal clash as the Americans earned a blistering 129-92 win over Serbia. Irving shot a USA World Cup record 6-of-6 from 3-point and the USA as a whole finished the game shooting 45-of-78 from the field (.577) and 15-of-30 from 3-point (.500).
2014 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2014 USA RESULTS (9-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
Finland Turkey
W, 114-55 W, 98-77 W, 98-71 W, 106-71 W, 95-71 W, 86-63 W, 119-76 W, 96-86 W, 129-92
DeMarcus Cousins Stephen Curry Anthony Davis DeMar DeRozan Andre Drummond Kenneth Faried
C G G C G G G G F F F
6-11 6-3 6-10 6-10 6-8 6-8 6-5 6-3 6-11 6-3 6-7
270 185 220 216 270 228 230 220 191 235 190 205
24 26 21 25 21 24 28 25 22 24 25 24
Sacramento Kings (Kentucky) Golden State Warriors (Davidson) New Orleans Pelicans (Kentucky) Detroit Pistons (Connecitcut) Denver Niggets (Morehead State) Sacramento Kings (Connecticut) Houston Rockets (Arizona State) Toronto Raptors (USC)
New Zealand
F/C
Dominican Republic
Ukraine Mexico
Rudy Gay
Slovenia Lithuania
James Harden
Kyrie Irving
Cleveland Cavaliers (Duke) Brooklyn Nets (Duke) Chicago Bulls (Memphis)
Serbia
Mason Plumlee Derrick Rose Klay Thompson
FINAL STANDINGS
6-7
Golden State Warriorts (Washington State)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (9-0)
2014 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS ATHLETIC TRAINER: Gregg Farnam, Minnesota Timberwolves ATHLETIC TRAINER: Joe Sharpe, Oklahoma City Thunder USA NATIONAL TEAM MANAGING DIRECTOR: Jerry Colangelo INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL SCOUT: Arturas Karnisovas, Denver Nuggets HEAD COACH: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University ASSISTANT COACH: Tom Thibodeau, Chicago Bulls ASSISTANT COACH: Monty Williams, New Orleans Pelicans TEAM PHYSICIAN: Riley Williams, Hospital for Special Surgery/Brooklyn Nets
Serbia (5-4) France (6-3) Lithuania (6-3)
Spain (6-3) Brazil (5-2)
Slovenia (5-2) Turkey (4-3)
9. Greece (5-1) 10. Croatia (3-3)
11. Argentina (3-3) 12. Australia (3-3) 13. Dominican Republic (2-4) 14. Mexico (2-4) 15. New Zealand (2-4) 16. Senegal (2-4) 17. Angola (2-3) 18. Ukraine (2-3) 19. Puerto Rico (1-4) 20. Iran (1-4) 21. Philippines (1-4) 22. Finland (1-4) 23. South Korea (0-5) 24. Egypt (0-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Harden
9/9 9/0 9/9 9/9 9/9 9/9 9/0 9/0 9/0 9/0 8/0 9/0
41-77 45-86 51-80 45-82 45-80 29-71 33-47 22-46 15-59 15-28 11-18
.532 .523 .634 .549 .563 .408 .702 .478 .254 .536 .610 .600 .524 .396
12-28 22-53
.429 .415 .000 .609 .438 .--- .417 .053 .286 .---
34-42
.810 .500 .667 .750 .833 .667 .556 .800 .733 .286 .273 .714 .699
25/2.8 20/2.2 70/7.8 59/6.6 23/2.6 50/5.6 33/3.7 17/1.9 9/1.0 19/2.4 18/2.0
128/14.2 114/12.7 112/12.4 111/12.3 109/12.1 96/10.7
29 19
2 7 5 1 1 6 3 3 0 3 0
19
Thompson
2-4
9 5 8
Faried Davis Irving Curry
0-1 0-0
10-15 21-28 17-17 20-30 5-6
6 7
19
14-23 21-48
32 26 13 28 11 9
17 11 12
1.000 25/2.8
Cousins
0-0 5-12 1-19 2-7 0-0 0-0
86/9.6 54/6.0 43/4.8 43/4.8 24/3.0 21/2.3
Gay
5-9
9 8 7 1 3
Rose
12-15 11-15
DeRozan
Drummond
.--- .---
2-7
1 3
Plumlee
9-15
3-11
USA OPP.
9 9
361-689 236-596
77-191 56-200
.403 .280
142-199 116-166
403/44.8 322/35.8
941/104.6 184
50 26
109
644/71.6
109
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