USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 2002 RESULTS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA • AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 8, 2002
The 2002 Men’s World Championship Team won its first five games in impressive style, but then stumbled in three of its last four games to finish a 6-3 and in sixth place. The event was held in Indianapolis, marking the first time in the event’s 52-year it had been held in the United States. The USA opened preliminary round play against Algeria, roaring to a 110-60 win as Paul Pierce had 22 points. Facing Germany, the U.S. posted a hard fought 104-87 win as Pierce scored six of his team high 26 points in the third quarter’s final 2.5 sec- onds to inspire the USA to a 104-87 victory. Getting 19 points from Pierce and 15 points from Shawn Marion, the U.S. improved to 3-0 after closing out its first round action with a 84-65 victory over China. Pierce finished with 27 points and Andre Miller accounted for 18 as the Americans routed Russia 106-82 in their first game of the second round. Getting 20-point scoring efforts from Michael Finley and Pierce, the USA improved to 5-0 after earning a lopsided 110-62 victory against New Zealand. Closing out its second-round play, Argentina (also 5-0) led from start to finish and shocked the United States with an 87-80 victory on Sept. 4. The U.S. fell behind by as many as 20 points in the second quarter. Rallying in the third quarter to cut the gap to six points, the Americans never got any closer as Argentina successfully turned away several USA comeback efforts. Argentina’s upset ended the 58-game win streak in international basketball competitions of USA Basketball teams featuring NBA players. Despite the loss, the U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals with a No. 2 seed. The USA watched its gold medal hopes disappear after defending world champion Yugoslavia rallied back from 10 points down with 6:42 remaining in the fourth quarter to take an 81-78 victory. Relegated to the consolation finals, the U.S. got back on the winning track with an 84-74 victory over Puerto Rico. Facing Spain in a game to determine fifth and sixth places, the USA took a 65-56 lead into the game’s final 10 minutes but was outscored 9-0 over the final 2:08 as Spain stormed back to tack an 81-75 loss on the Americans.
2002 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2002 USA RESULTS (6-3)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Algeria
W, 110-60 W, 104-87 W, 84-65 W, 106-82 W, 110-62 L, 80-87 L, 78-81 W, 84-74 L, 76-81
Germany
Elton Brand Antonio Davis Baron Davis Michael Finley Raef LaFrentz Shawn Marion Andre Miller Reggie Miller Jermaine O’Neal Paul Pierce Ben Wallace Jay Williams *Nick Collison
F C G G
6-8 6-9 6-3 6-7 6-11
275 230 223 215 240 215 200 195 242 230 240 195 250
23 33 22 29 26 24 26 37 23 24 27 20 20
Los Angeles Clippers (Duke) Toronto Raptors (Texas El-Paso) New Orleans Hornets (UCLA) Dallas Mavericks (Wisconsin) Dallas Mavericks (Kansas) Phoenix Suns (UNLV) Los Angeles Clippers (Utah) Indiana Pacers (UCLA)
Peekskill, NY
Toronto, Canada Los Angeles, CA
China Russia
Plano, TX
New Zealand Argentina Yugoslavia Puerto Rico
F/C
Dorchester, IA
F
6-7 6-2 6-7
Paradise Valley, AZ Compton, CA Fortville, IN Indianapolis, IN Waltham, MA Chesterfield, VA Plainfield, NJ Iowa Falls, IA
G G
C/F
6-11 6-6 6-9
Indiana Pacers (Eau Claire High School)
Spain
F
Boston Celtics (Kansas)
F/C
Detroit Pistons (Virginia Union)
FINAL STANDINGS
G
6-2 6-9
Chicago Bulls (Duke) University of Kansas
F
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Yugoslavia (7-2) Argentina (8-1) Germany (6-3) New Zealand (4-5) United States (6-3) Puerto Rico (6-3) Spain (7-2)
HEAD COACH: George Karl, Milwaukee Bucks ASSSISTANT COACH: Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs ASSISTANT COACH: Mike Montgomery, Stanford University ASSISTANT COACH: Kelvin Sampson, University of Oklahoma TEAM PHYSICIAN: Sanford Kunkel, Indiana Pacers ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jim Gillen, Denver Nuggets ATHLETIC TRAINER: Troy Wenzel, Milwaukee Bucks
Brazil (4-5)
2002 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
Turkey (4-4) 10. Russia (3-5) 11. Angola (2-6) 12. China (1-7) 13. Canada (2-3) 14. Venezuela (1-4) 15. Algeria (1-4) 16. Lebanon (0-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Pierce Finley
9/9 9/5 9/7 9/2 6/1 8/5 8/5 9/4 9/4 6/3 6/0 7/0
53-111 38- 94 41- 84 25- 66 25- 53 25- 49 25- 43 21- 46 23- 44 11- 29 14- 31 10- 21
0.477 33-67 0.404 22-56 0.488 3-11
0.493 39-58 0.393 19-22 0.273 11-17 0.364 4-10 0.222 7-10
0.672
41/ 4.6
178/19.8 117/13.0 96/ 10.7 70/ 7.8 59/ 9.8 58/ 7.3 55/ 6.9 53/ 5.9 51/ 5.7 36/ 6.0 31/ 5.2 27/ 3.9 831/92.3 679/75.4
35 25 37 36 11 10 11 11
6 1 1 3 2 5 3 0 3 0
10
0.864 27/ 3.0 0.647 27/ 3.0
7
A. Miller B. Davis Marion O’Neal A. Davis Wallace R. Miller LaFrentz Brand Williams
11 14
0.379
16- 44
0.4 0.7
16/ 1.8 28/ 4.7 33/ 4.1 44/ 4.9 61/ 6.8 8/ 1.3 18/ 3.0
0.472 2- 9
7 6 6 1 1 2 6
0.51
0- 0 0- 1
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8-19 5- 9 11-18 5-14
0.421 36/ 4.5
14
0.581
0
0.556 0.611 .357.
0.457 0- 0
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0.523 0.379 ..452
0- 1
0
6 5 1
15
12
10- 23
0.435 4- 4
1 1
2- 8
250
1- 1
0.476 1- 7
0.143 6- 9
0.667 7/ 1.0
11
USA OPP.
9 9
311-671 229-567
0.463 89-227 0.404 69-190
0.392 120-191 0.363 152-207
0.628 434/48.2 0.734 390/43.3
199 151
53 30
83 57
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