USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 2003 RESULTS
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO • AUGUST 20-31, 2003
The USA finished 10-0, won the gold medal and, most importantly, qualified for the 2004 Olympics. The United States got off to an impressive start when it opened preliminary round play facing South American and Pan American Games champ Brazil and behind 17 points from Tim Duncan and Elton Brand posted a 110-76 victory. Tracy McGrady scored 17 as the U.S. posted a 111-73 win over the Dominican Republic, and McGrady scored 16 in the USA’s 98-69 win against Venezuela. Allen Iverson led the scoring effort with 17 points in the United States’ 113-55 lopsided decision against the Virgin Islands. Opening the second round versus Canada, Iverson scored 28 (10-13 FG, 7-8 3FG), making all seven 3s during the final 7:41 of the third quar- ter, as the U.S. rolled to a 111-71 win. In an anticipated game with Argentina, the team that ended the U.S. senior team’s 58-game win streak with an 87-80 win in the 2002 World Championship play, Jermaine O’Neal finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the U.S. prevailed 94- 86. Behind 16-point efforts from Duncan, the USA closed out second round play with a 96-69 win against Mexico and a 91-65 win over Puerto Rico. Advancing to the semifinals, the U.S. met Puerto Rico for the second time in three days. Behind 15 points from Ray Allen, the USA recorded an 87-71 victory and qualified for the 2004 Olympics. Facing Argentina for the second time, this time for the gold medal, Duncan posted 23 points and 14 rebounds as the Americans finished the tournament with a 106-73 win to claim gold. Duncan and O’Neal were named to the five-member all-tournament team. The effort saw six of the squad’s 12 players finish averaging in double digits in scoring, led by Duncan, who averaged team highs of 15.6 points and 8.0 rebounds. Kobe Bryant was forced to withdraw prior to the start of its training after he underwent knee and shoulder surgeries. Vince Carter replaced him on the roster. Veteran Karl Malone was lost three days into the team’s training after his mother’s death. Kenyon Martin was added. McGrady, who at the time was the USA’s leading scorer, missed three-and-a-half games because of a back woes. He sat out the second half of the Virgin Islands game and then missed the next three games. He returned for the Aug. 28 Puerto Rico game. Iverson, the USA’s leading scorer after eight games, missed the final two games with a sprained right thumb, suffered in the first half of the Aug. 28 Puerto Rico game. Puerto Rico earned the third and final 2004 Olympic qualifying invite with a 79-66 victory over Canada in the bronze medal game.
2003 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
2003 USA RESULTS (10-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE
AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
Brazil
W, 110-76 W, 111-73 W, 98-69 W, 113-55 W, 111-71 W, 94-86 W, 96-69 W, 91-65 W, 87-71 W, 106-73
Dominican Republic
Ray Allen Mike Bibby Elton Brand Vince Carter Nick Collison Tim Duncan Allen Iverson
G G
6-5 6-1 6-8 6-6 6-9 6-11 6-0 6- 4 6-9 6-8 6-11 6-7
205 190 265 225 250 248 165 222 212 234 210 242
28 25 24 26 23 27 28 23 30 25 24 24
Seattle SuperSonics / Connecticut ‘96 Sacramento Kings / Arizona ‘98 Los Angeles Clippers / Duke ‘99 Toronto Raptors / North Carolina ‘98 Seattle SuperSonics/Kansas ‘03 San Antonio Spurs/ Wake Forest ‘97 Philadelphia 76ers / Georgetown ‘96 New Jersey Nets / Arizona ‘01 New Jersey Nets / California ‘94 New Jersey Nets / Cincinnati ‘00
Venezuela
F
U.S. Virgin Islands
G/F F/C
Canada
Argentina
C G
Mexico
Richard Jefferson
F
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Argentina
Jason Kidd
G
Kenyon Martin Tracy McGrady Jermaine O’Neal
F
G
Orlando magic / Mount zion Christian Academy ‘97
F/C
Indiana Pacers / Eau Claire H.S. ‘97
Head Coach: Larry Brown, Philadelphia 76ers Assistant Coach: Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs Assistant Coach: Oliver Purnell, Clemson University (SC) Assistant Coach: Roy Williams, University of North Carolina Team Physician: Sheldon Burns, Minnesota Timberwolves Team Physician: Tony Daly, Los Angeles Clippers Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening, San Antonio Spurs AthieticTrainer: Tim Walsh, New Jersey Nets
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (10-0)*
Argentina (6-4)* Puerto Rico (6-4)*
Canada (5-5) Mexico (4-4)
Venezuela (4-4)
2003 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
Brazil (3-5)
Dominican Rep. (2-6)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
9. Uruguay (0-4) Virgin Islands (0-4) *Qualified for the 2004 Olympics
Duncan Carter Iverson O’Neal
9/ 9 54- 89
.607 .640 .562 .623 .580 .544 .604 .605 .439 .750 .361 .361 .562 .381
0- 2 14- 31 15- 28 0- 1 16- 29 8- 19 16- 28 0- 0
.000 .452 .536 .000 .552 .421 .571
32- 37 16- 20 17- 21 26- 34 10- 12 6- 15 13- 16 20- 33 11- 20 7- 13 11- 16 6- 7
.865 .800 .810 .765 .833 .400 .813 .606 .550 .538 .688 .857 .717 .723
72/ 8.0 24/ 2.4 20/ 2.5 62/ 6.2 31/ 3.1 20/ 2.9 21/ 2.1 39/ 3.9 40/ 4.0 15/ 1.9 17/ 1.7 27/ 2.7
140/ 15.6 126/ 12.6 114/ 14.3 112/ 11.2 106/ 10.6 88/ 12.6 87/ 8.7 72/ 7.2 62/ 6.2 39/ 4.9 37/ 3.7 34/ 3.4
31 14 30 24 22 21 48
14
7
10/ 3
48- 75
1 2
11 13
8/ 8 41- 73 10/10 43- 69 10/ 2 40- 69 10/ 0 29- 48 10/ 1 26- 43 10/ 0 25- 57 8/ 0 15- 20 7/ 7 37- 68 10/ 0 13- 36 10/10 13- 36
12
6 6 9 8 9 0 5
Allen
0 4 2 5 9 1 2 3
McGrady
Bibby Brand Martin
15
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9
1- 2 2- 2 0- 3 2- 13
.500 1.000 .000 .154 .468 .363
16
Collison Jefferson
9
19 50
Kidd USA OPP.
12
10 10
384-683 255-669
74-158 87-215
175-244 120-166
388/38.8 275/27.5
1017/101.7 293 708/ 70.8 142
55 17
101
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