USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1990 RESULTS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA • AUGUST 8-19, 1990
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 12-member USA team, a young and internationally inexperienced team that averaged just 20-years-old, fin- ished the World Championship with a bronze medal (6-2 record). In five of eight games, the USA team trailed with under two minutes to play and on three occasions the U.S. rallied and won. The USA completed its pool play boasting a perfect 3-0 record after defeating Greece (OT), South Korea and Spain. Opening quarterfinal action versus host Argentina, despite a raucous, partisan, capacity crowd, the U.S. started quickly and by half led 58- 42. The U.S. managed to hold off a second half Argentinean surge to record the 104-100 win as guard Kenny Anderson led the U.S. with 32 points. Facing an experienced Australian team, the U.S. lost its leading scorer Billy Owens to a back injury just 55 seconds into the game. Trailing 78-74 with 1:52 left, a Todd Day hoop and free throw pulled the U.S. within one, 78-77, and a Lee Mayberry steal and jumper with 1:13 to go gave the U.S. the 79-78 win. Meeting also unbeaten Puerto Rico (5-0), the U.S. trailed 48-45 at half. Regrouping, the U.S. 73-68 with 7:32 remaining, but Puerto Rico staged its own rally and, with 1:24 to play, led 77-76. Adding a critical 3-pointer then another basket, Puerto Rico held on to earn an 81-79 win. Facing Yugoslavia for the right to advance to the gold medal game, the favored Yugoslavian team featured five future NBA players and proved too much for the U.S. collegians at a final tally of 99-91. Despite Alonzo Mourning’s 26 points and 11 rebounds and holding L.A. Laker Vlade Divac to seven points and four rebounds, the U.S. had no answer for NBA soon-to-be-star Drazen Petrovic’s 31 points (6-10 3FG) or Toni Kukoc’s 19 points and nine assists. Unwilling to return home without a medal, the U.S. persevered and earned a 107-105 overtime win against Puerto Rico. Trailing 96-88 with 1:28 to play in regulation, the U.S. cut the gap to 96-94. Puerto Rico threw the ball away with six seconds remaining and Anderson forced overtime when he made two free throws with no time on the clock. During overtime, the U.S. grabbed a 103-98 lead and went on to claim a 107-105 win and the bronze medal.
1990 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1990 USA RESULTS (6-2)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Greece
W, 103-95 (OT)
South Korea
W, 146-67 W, 95-85 W, 104-100
Kenny Anderson
G
6-2 6-8 6-9 6-11 6-2 6-9 6-9 6-8
166 195 220 235 175 230 225 240 175 220 192 175
19 20 22 20 19 20 21 22 20 20 19 19
Georgia Tech
Rego Park, NY Memphis, TN Irvington, NJ Angola, NY
Todd Day
F F F
University of Arkansas Old Dominion University University of Arkansas Georgetown University Syracuse University University of Kansas Duke University University of Connecticut University of Missouri University of Virginia
Spain
Chris Gatling
Argentina Australia Puerto Rico Yugoslavia Puerto Rico
Christian Laettner Lee Mayberry Alonzo Mourning Billy Owens Mark Randall Chris Smith Doug Smith Bryant Stith Henry Williams
W, 79-78 L, 79-81 L, 91-99
G
Tulsa, OK
F
Chesapeake, VA
G
Carlisle, PA
F
Englewood, CO Bridgeport, CT Detroit, MI Freeman, VA Indianapolis, IN
W, 107-105 (OT)
G
6-2
F
6-10
FINAL STANDINGS
G G
6-5 6-1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Yugoslavia (7-1) Soviet Union (6-2) United States (6-2) Puerto Rico (6-2)
Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte
HEAD COACH: Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University (NC) ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University (NY) ASSISTANT COACH: P. J. Carlesimo, Seton Hall University (NJ) MANAGER: Joe Harrington, University of Colorado TEAM PHYSICIAN: James Hill, Chicago, IL ATHLETIC TRAINER: Gary Hazelrigg, Birmingham, AL
Brazil (4-4) Greece (4-4) Australia (4-4) Argentina (2-6)
9. Italy (7-1) 10. Spain (5-3) 11. Venezuela (4-4) 12. Canada (3-5) 13. Angola (3-5) 14. China (2-6) 15. South Korea (1-7) 16. Egypt (0-8)
1990 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Anderson Mourning Owens C. Smith D. Smith Laettner Gatling Mayberry Randall Day
8 8 7 8 8 8 5 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
54-116 47- 92 42- 69 29- 56 29- 47 16- 35 8- 10 19- 41 19- 32 18- 31 8- 18 6- 17
0.466 6- 26
0.231 36- 44
0.818
34/ 4.3
150/ 18.8 128/ 16.0 98/ 14.0 75/ 9.4
34
0
13
0.511
1- 2
0.5
33- 53
0.623 61/ 7.6
4
37
8
0.609 2- 9
0.222 12- 21 0.556 2- 5
0.571
42/ 6.0 15/ 1.9
21 11
3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
14
0.518 0.617
15- 27
0.4
6 9 9 1 6 7 5 4 5
0- 0
0 0 0
11- 17 23- 26 18- 20 9- 12
0.647 39/ 4.9 0.885 41/ 5.1
69/ 8.6 55/ 6.9 34/ 6.8 50/ 6.3 46/ 5.8 40/ 5.0 37/ 4.6 22/ 3.1
9
0.457 0- 1
15
0.8
0- 0
0.9 0.75 0.5
13/ 2.6 16/ 2.0 5/ 0.6 31/ 3.9 13/ 1.6 2/ 0.3
0 7 6 5 5
0.463 3- 10 0.594 7- 14
0.3 0.5
1- 2 4- 7
11
0.581
0- 2
0
0.571 0.952
Stith
0.444 1- 3
0.333 20- 21 0.364 6- 6
Williams
0.353 .523 .436
4- 11
1
USA OPP.
295-564 252-578
39-105 59-151
.371 .391
175-234 147-185
.748 .795
337/42.1 312/39.0
804/100.5 128
50 22
87 66
710/88.8
100
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