USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1986 RESULTS
MADRID, SPAIN • JULY 5-20, 1986
For the first time in 32 years, the United States brought home the men’s World Championship gold medal. Boycotts and political overtones of the prior few Olympiads had tarnished the Olympic gold and made the World title more prestigious. Relying on relative unknowns from the college ranks, head coach Lute Olson and his 12-man team were widely considered a dark horse to win. But the U.S. – behind play of future stars like David Robinson, Charles Smith, Kenny Smith and Tyrone Bogues – captured the USA’s first World title since 1954. The U.S. emerged from pool play undefeated but not before escaping a scare from Puerto Rico. Winning its first three games against Ivory Coast, China and West Germany, the U.S. needed a jumper from Robinson in the final minute to claim a 73-72 win over Puerto Rico. Behind Kenny Smith’s 20 points, the U.S. disposed of Italy 86-64. Opening the semifinal round, Argentina shocked the U.S. 74-70. Needing wins in its two remaining games if a medal was to be realized, the young American team regrouped. Defeating Canada 77-65, the U.S. never trailed as Smith scored 18 points and Steve Kerr and Derrick McKey each added 15 more. Relying on a swarming defense, the U.S. advanced on to the medal round with a 69-60 win over highly touted Yugosla- via. Bogues held Yugo star Drazen Petrovic scoreless for the first eight minutes as the U.S. jumped out to a 19-2 lead. Robinson led the U.S. with 21 points and 17 rebounds. The USA advanced to the gold medal game after upending Brazil 96-80. Leading Brazil 50-24 with five minutes left in the first half, the U.S. cruised to the win. However, Kerr was lost for the gold medal game after injuring his knee.
The USA-USSR gold medal matchup was no less dramatic than one would expect. With 7:45 remaining, the U.S. was comfortably ahead 78- 60. But the Soviet’s, behind the play of Arvidas Sabonis and Vlademaras Khomichus, stormed back and closed the gap to a single basket with 50 seconds remaining. A Smith layup over Sabonis with 15 seconds left pushed the USA’s lead to 87-83 and the US. held on to win 87-85.
1986 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1986 USA RESULTS (9-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Ivory Coast
W, 99-63 W, 107-81 W, 81-68 W, 73-72 W, 86-64 L, 70-74 W, 77-65 W, 69-60 W, 96-80 W, 87-85
China
Tommy Amaker Tyrone Bogues Armon Gilliam Tom Hammonds Sean Elliott Derrick McKey David Robinson Rony Seikaly Steve Kerr
G G
6-0 5-3 6-6 6-8 6-7 6-2 6-7 6-9 6-3 6-10 6-10
155 135 195 230 209 175 190 217 235 190 230 175
21 21 18 21 19 20 19 20 21 20 21 21
Duke
Arlington, VA Baltimore, MD Tucson, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Crestview, FL Los Angeles, CA Woodbridge, VA East Syracuse, NY Richmond, CA Bridgeport, CT Meridian, AL
Wake Forest
F.R. Germany Puerto Rico
F F F
Arizona
Nevada-Las Vegas
Italy
Georgia Tech
Argentina
G F C F G
Arizona Alabama
Canada
U. S. Naval Acad.
Yugoslavia
Syracuse
Brazil
Brian Shaw
California-Santa Barbara
Soviet Union
Charles D. Smith
F
Pittsburgh
Kenny Smith
G
6-2
North Carolina
Brooklyn, NY
FINAL STANDINGS
HEAD COACH: Lute Olson, University of Arizona ASSISTANT COACH: Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech ASSISTANT COACH: Jerry Pimm, University of California-Santa Barbara ASSISTANT COACH: Scott Thompson, University of Arizona TEAM PHYSICIAN: Tim Taft, University of North Carolina ATHLETIC TRAINER: Tim Garl, Indiana University
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (9-1) Soviet Union (9-1) Yugoslavia (9-1)
Brazil (8-2) Spain (7-3) Italy (7-3) Israel (5-5) Canada (6-3)
9. China (2-8) 10. Greece (3-7) 11. Cuba (3-7) 12. Argentina (5-5) 13. Australia (2-3)* Angola (2-3)*
1986 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
C.D. Smith K. Smith Robinson
10 10 10 10
61-117 58-115 53- 97 37- 59 30- 66 21- 44 19- 48 21- 47 17- 47 11- 24 8- 14
0.521
0- 0
0
28- 46
0.609 58/ 5.8
150/ 15.0 148/ 14.8 131/ 13.1 92/ 9.2
2 6 1 2 1 0 2 5 0 0 0
7 2 8 0 1 3 0 0 9 1 0
19 26 15 18 15 10 25 37 7
0.504 17- 42 0.546 0- 0 0.627 0- 0 0.455 18- 36 0.477 0- 0 0.396 1- 2 0.447 1- 11 0.362 0- 0 0.458 0- 0
0.405 15- 19
0.789
8/ 0.8
F.R. Germany (2-3)* France (3-2)* Ivory Coast (0-5)* Malaysia (0-5)* Netherlands (2-3)* New Zealand (1-4)* Panama (1-4)* Puerto Rico (2-3)* Uruguay (2-3)* South Korea (0-5)*
0 0
25- 52 18- 25 5- 9 6- 16 13- 22
0.481 68/ 6.8
25
McKey
0.72 0.556 0.375 0.591
35/ 3.5 15/ 1.7 33/ 4.1 24/ 2.4 8/ 0.8 3/ 0.3
Kerr
9 8
0.5
83/ 9.2 48/ 6.0 52/ 5.2 47/ 4.7 42/ 4.2 28/ 3.5 21/ 2.6 3/ 0.6
Gilliam Elliott Amaker Bogues Seikaly
0
10 10 10
0.5
0.091 4- 5
0.8 0.8
0 0 0 0
8- 10 6- 11 5- 8
21
8 8 5
0.545 21/ 2.6 0.625 14/ 1.8
4 0 0
Hammonds
0.571
0- 1 0- 0
Shaw USA OPP.
1- 1
1
1- 1
1
3/ 0.6
10 10
337-679 265-659
.496 .402
37- 92 56-139
.402 .403
134-224 126-183
.598 .689
290/29.0 266/26.6
845/84.5 712/71.2
40 33
56
176 151
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