Usa Basketball Loss In Olympics
The us first loss in the dream team era after it had won the 1992 olympics 1994 worlds and 1996 olympics with undefeated marks.
Usa basketball loss in olympics. The us led by allen. 2020 152 pm us. But the united states continues the tradition of not dipping the flag at olympic ceremonies. In a tournament of such modest standing in our hoops culture compared to the olympics typically only by losing does the united states mens national basketball team command the attention of.
A day after losing to france in the quarterfinals the americans. The united states basketball team last lost in the summer olympics in 2004 at the athens games. The loss came against argentina in the semifinals of the medal round. The americans rebounded to win gold at the beijing olympics two years.
Team usas last loss with nba players on its roster came against greece in the semifinals of the 2006 world championships. The roster included duke star trajan langdon and michigan fab fiver jimmy king. The americans dropped their second group play game at worlds in greece but they didnt have any nba players amid the lockout.