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LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
FIBA Summer Olympics 1992–2020 Dream Team [ edit ] The 1992–2020 FIBA Summer Olympics Dream Team consisted of five men's basketball players at each position that had previously competed at the Summer Olympic Games , beginning with the 1992 tournament when NBA players first participated.
An initial 12-man roster was named with a combined 37 NBA All-Star selections, led by Kevin Durant with 11. [3] [26] He entered the 2020 Games ranked second in U.S. men's Olympic basketball history with 311 career points, [27] needing just 25 more to match Carmelo Anthony's record of 336.
Curry made four huge 3s in the final three minutes, including one that gave the U.S. a 96-87 lead with 35 seconds remaining. It is the fifth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. in men’s basketball.
Olympics men’s basketball reaches semi-finals as Team USA face Nikola Jokic’s Serbia at 20:00 BST. ... The Lakers star has won two Olympic gold medals ... An exchange of scores follows, though ...
The United States beat host France 98-87 to win the gold medal in the 2024 Olympicmen’s basketball tournament on Saturday night at Bercy Arena. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James led ...
FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. [ 1 ] The United States is by far the most successful country in Olympic basketball, with United States men's teams having won 17 of 20 tournaments in which they participated ...
Olympic men's basketball bracket Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Aug. 6. Germany 76-63 Greece. Serbia 95-90 Australia (OT) France 82-73 Canada. Team USA 122-87 Brazil. Semifinals: Thursday, Aug. 8.