USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1999 RESULTS
WINNIPEG, CANADA • JULY 31-AUGUST 8, 1999
Twelve of the top players from the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) competed for the USA, joining together to post a 4-1 record and win the silver medal. The USA men, who fell 95-78 to Brazil in the 1999 gold medal game, earned a medal in 12 of their 13 Pan Am Games appearances. Opening preliminary round play, the USA opened impressively with an 89-48 victory against Cuba. The following day, the Americans claimed a 73-71 win against eventual gold medalist Brazil in a contest that was decided in the final seconds. The U.S. wrapped up preliminary play with a 95-83 triumph against Dominican Republic to head to the medal round semifinals with a perfect 3-0 record.
In the semis, the U.S. dispatched Argentina 84-76 before bowing to Brazil in the gold medal game 95-78.
For the third consecutive game, the previously undefeated USA found themselves trailing by a double-digit margin in the first half, but this time were unable to bounce back against the Brazilians. To open the second half, Brazil outscored the Americans 10-3 and were ahead 59-39 with 16:04 to go when the USA went on a 14-2 run that cut Brazil’s lead to 61-53 with 12:00 remaining. But Brazil had an answer in the form of Aristides Santos, who finished with 14 points, all of which were scored in the final 12:26. The USA made one late charge to cut Brazil’s lead to 78-70 with 4:12 to go. But the Brazilians responded by making 12-of-14 free throws down the stretch to secure the gold medal.
1999 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1999 USA RESULTS (4-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT DOB
AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
Cuba Brazil
W, 89-48 W, 73-71 W, 95-83 W, 84-76 L, 78-95
Damon Bailey James Blackwell Michael Hawkins Kermit Holmes Byron Houston Todd Lindeman James Martin
G G G
6-3 6-0 6-0 6-6 6-5 7-0 6-4 7-0 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-10
200 190 178 225 250 265 218 230 220 225 195 220
10/21/71 02/25/68 10/28/72 03/27/69 11/22/69 09/23/72 07/15/68 11/04/75 09/17/69 03/27/70 10/03/69 05/27/69
Fort Wayne Fury / Indiana ‘94 LaCrosse Bobcats / Dartmouth `91 Rockford Lightning / Xavier `95 Quad City Thunder / Oklahoma `91 Connecticut Pride / Indiana `96 Connecticut Pride / Clark `91 Fort Wayne Fury / Nebraska `97 Quad City Thunder / Missouri `91
Dominican Republic
Argentina
F F
Brazil
Quad City Thunder (`97-`98) / Oklahoma St. `92
C G C
Mikki Moore Doug Smith
FINAL STANDINGS
F F
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Brazil (4-1)
Matt Steigenga Carl Thomas Travis Williams
Rockford Lightning / Michigan State `92 Fort Wayne Fury / Eastern Michigan `91 Quad City Thunder / South Carolina State `91
United States (4-1) Puerto Rico (4-1)
G
F
HEAD COACH: Mo McHone, Sioux Falls Skyforce ASSISTANT COACH: Dan Panaggio, Quad City Thunder ASSISTANT COACH: Keith Smart, Fort Wayne Fury TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Kevin Gorey, Providence College (RI)
Argentina (2-3) Canada (2-2) Dom. Rep. (1-3)
Cuba (1-3)
Uruguay (0-4)
1999 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Williams Hawkins Thomas Bailey Smith Moore Holmes Houston Steigenga Blackwell Lindeman
5/5 5/5 5/0 5/5 5/0 5/5 5/0 5/0 4/0 5/0 5/5 4/0
27- 51 19- 48 21- 36 17- 43 16- 36 15- 25 10- 23 7- 12 4- 6 4- 14 5- 12
.529 .396 .583 .395 .444 .600 .435 .583 .667 .286 .417 .500 .474 .454
1- 4
.250 .444 .440 .316 .357
9- 21 9- 10
.429 .900 .750 .714 .846 .750 .688 .786 .800 .750 .500 .719 .735
38/ 7.6 13/ 2.6 6/ 1.2 7/ 1.4 29/ 5.8 15/ 3.0 17/ 3.4 8/ 2.0 2/ 0.4 9/ 1.8 6/ 1.5
64/ 12.8 59/ 11.8 59/ 11.8 50/ 10.0 43/ 8.6 41/ 8.2 26/ 5.2 25/ 5.0 19/ 4.8 13/ 2.6 13/ 2.6
6
0 1 0 0 3 6 0 2 1 0 0 0
4 4 3 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 0 1
12- 27 11- 25 6- 19 5- 14
23
6- 8
7
10- 14
12
6- 6
1.000 11/ 2.2
6 8 2 5 4
0- 0 0- 3 0- 0 0- 1 1- 4 0- 0 0- 0
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11- 13
.000
6- 8
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11- 16 11- 14
.000 .250
4- 5 3- 4 1- 2
10
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2 2
Martin
3- 6
7/ 1.8
USA OPP.
5 5
148-312 119-262
36- 97 35- 79
.371 .443
87-121 100-136
177/35.4 157/31.4
419/83.8 373/74.6
87 67
13
35 28
5
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