USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1987 RESULTS
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA • AUGUST 7-23, 1987
Upset by Brazil in the championship, the USA was denied the gold medal for just the second time in the 36-year Pan American history. Head coach Denny Crum and the squad breezed its way through five games, winning by an average of over 29 points. Opening against Pana- ma, six players scored in double digits to pace the USA to a 91-63 win. Argentina fell 85-58 as all 12 USA team members scored. The USA’s shooting warmed up in its next three games and the offense responded with three consecutive 100-point games. Dropping Mexico 105-73, the U.S. shot 59.2% from the floor and Rex Chapman scored 18 points. Defeating Venezuela 109-74 the following day, the U.S. again shot 59.2% as Chapman scored 17 points and David Robinson added 17 points and 11 rebounds. Shooting 60.9% from the floor, the U.S. beat Uruguay 105-81 as every U.S. member scored, including seven in double figures. Standing 5-0, the U.S. team received its first test when it locked horns with Puerto Rico in the semifinals. Tied at half 39-39, the USA held a 74-72 lead heading into the final minute and eventually posted an 80-75 win thanks to the dominating inside play of Robinson and Danny Manning. The U.S. held Puerto Rico to just 41.2% shooting and outrebounded them 47 to 36, as Robinson finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds and Manning added 20 points and six boards. With a sold-out Market Square Arena crowd of 16,408, the 6-0 USA team took the court against a 5-1 Brazilian team. The U.S., which had won 65 of 67 previous Pan American games, seemed in control early, cruising to a 68-54 halftime lead. But Brazil, behind Marcel Souza and Oscar Schmidt, who accounted for 55 of Brazil’s 66 second half points, stormed back to win 120-115. Schmidt put on an offensive display, scoring 35 second half points to lead. He finished the game with 46 points (7-15 3FG) and Souza added 31. Despite foul trouble, which limited his playing time to 15 minutes, Robinson led the U.S. with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
1987 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1987 USA RESULTS (6-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Panama
W, 91-63 W, 85-58 W, 105-73 W, 109-74 W, 105-81 W, 80-75 L, 115-120
Argentina
Willie Anderson Ricky Berry Rex Chapman Fennis Dembo Pervis Ellison Dean Garrett Jerome Lane
F F
6-7 6-8 6-4 6-5 6-9 6-6 6-3 6-11 6-10
192 205 175 215 205 230 215 180 215 177 230 175
21 22 19 21 20 20 20 20 21 20 22 22
Georgia
Decatur, GA
San Jose State
Morgan Hill, CA Lexington, KY San Antonio, TX Savannah, GA Los Angeles, CA Akron, OH Carlisle, PA Lawrence, KS Philadelphia, PA Woodbridge, VA Baton Rouge, LA
Mexico
G G F C F G C G C G
Kentucky Wyoming Louisville
Venezuela
Uruguay
Puerto Rico
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Brazil
Jeff Lebo
North Carolina
Danny Manning Jerome Richardson David Robinson
Kansas UCLA
6-1 7-1 6-1
FINAL STANDINGS
U.S. Naval Academy
Keith Smart
Indiana
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Brazil (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Denny Crum, University of Louisville (KY) ASSISTANT COACH: Jud Heathcote, Michigan State University ASSISTANT COACH: Jerry Jones, University of Louisville (KY) TEAM PHYSICIAN: David Joyner, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania ATHLETIC TRAINER: John Streif, University of Iowa
United States (6-1) Puerto Rico (5-2)
Mexico (2-5) Canada (5-2) Panama (3-4) Uruguay (2-5) Venezuela (3-4)
1987 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Argentina (1-4) 10. Virgin Islands (0-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Manning Robinson Chapman Anderson
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7
42- 67 36- 62 41- 80 29- 58 25- 48 23- 42 21- 36 11- 32 15- 29 11- 31 11- 26 6- 13
.627 .581 .513 .500 .521 .548 .583 .344 .517 .355 .423 .462 .517 .401
0- 0 0- 0
.000 .000 .348 .000 .143 .000 .182 .500 .000 .167 .000 .291 .349
18- 21 26- 40 7- 10 12- 19 6- 13 15- 21 8- 14 6- 8 7- 14 5- 8 4- 5
.857 .650 .700 .632 .643 .625 .462 .714 .800 .571 .750 .500 .657 .703
41/ 5.9 63/ 9.0 21/ 3.0 31/ 4.4 55/ 7.9 16/ 2.3 13/ 1.9 25/ 3.6 18/ 2.6 26/ 3.7 9/ 1.3 21/ 3.5
102/ 14.6 98/ 14.0 97/ 13.9 70/ 10.0
18
5
7 9 8 7 2 5 3 4 1 7 0
9
15
8- 23 0- 0
23 15 12 37 8
3 3 0 0 0 2
Ellison Smart
1- 1 1- 7 0- 1
1.000 18- 28
69/ 9.9 52/ 7.4 48/ 6.9 39/ 5.6 37/ 5.3 30/ 4.3 29/ 4.1 19/ 3.2
12
Richardson
14
Dembo
2- 11 3- 6 0- 0 1- 6 0- 0
9 7 5
Berry
Garrett
10
Lebo Lane USA OPP.
11 10
1 1
271-524 180-449
16-55 30-86
132-201 154-219
339/48.4 228/32.6
690 /98.6 164
52 18
67 47
544/77.7
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