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The "Dunk of Death" ("le dunk de la mort" in French) refers to a slam dunk by American basketball player Vince Carter during the 2000 Summer Olympics. After a steal, the 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Carter, leapt over 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) French player Frédéric Weis. The dunk is widely considered one of the greatest and most famous of all time.
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.
Coming off of a wild, 17-point comeback in a semifinal win over Serbia on Thursday, the U.S. faces France in the gold medal game, ... Victor Wembanyama dunk; Men's basketball Olympic update.
Weis is best known for having been posterized by the United States' Vince Carter, during a basketball game between the U.S. and France at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games on 25 September 2000. After getting the ball off a steal , the 6'6" (1.98 m) Carter drove to the basket and spread his legs as he jumped over the 7'2" (2.18 m) Weis before ...
Men's basketball group play Australia defeated Spain 96-80, with Jock Landale leading the team with 20 points. Spain's Santi Aldama had a dominant 27-point performance but could not lift the team ...
Team USA topped France 98-87 in front of a raucous crowd in Paris to won its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's basketball. ... Bilal Coulibaly's dunk on a fastbreak gave France a 25-24 ...
It was the oldest U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 30 years and 9 months when the Games started, surpassing the 1996 team's average of 29 years, 10 months old. [5] Hill said that he felt obliged to include James (age 39), Curry (36), and Durant (35) after they publicly committed to playing in the 2024 Olympics. [18]
With a dunk in the third quarter of USA's 122-87 win over Brazil in Tuesday's Olympic quarterfinal round, Durant became Team USA's all-time leading Olympics scorer.