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2000 United States men's Olympic basketball team

The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They defeated France by a score of 85–75 in the gold medal game. Team USA won gold for the 12th time in 14 Olympic basketball tournaments.[2]

2000 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coachRudy Tomjanovich
2000 Summer Olympics
Scoring leaderUnited States Vince Carter[1]
14.8
Rebounding leaderUnited States Kevin Garnett
9.1
Assists leaderUnited States Jason Kidd
4.4
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Roster edit

United States men's national basketball team – 2000 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 15 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 23 – (1976-12-11)December 11, 1976 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Vancouver Grizzlies  
G 12 Ray Allen 25 – (1975-07-20)July 20, 1975 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Milwaukee Bucks  
F 11 Vin Baker 28 – (1971-11-23)November 23, 1971 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Seattle SuperSonics  
G 9 Vince Carter 23 – (1977-01-26)January 26, 1977 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Toronto Raptors  
F 10 Kevin Garnett 24 – (1976-05-19)May 19, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Minnesota Timberwolves  
G 8 Tim Hardaway 34 – (1966-09-01)September 1, 1966 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Miami Heat  
G 6 Allan Houston 29 – (1971-04-20)April 20, 1971 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) New York Knicks  
G 5 Jason Kidd (C) 27 – (1973-05-23)May 23, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Phoenix Suns  
F 13 Antonio McDyess 26 – (1974-09-07)September 7, 1974 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Denver Nuggets  
C 7 Alonzo Mourning (C) 30 – (1970-02-08)February 8, 1970 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Miami Heat  
G 14 Gary Payton (C) 32 – (1968-07-23)July 23, 1968 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Seattle SuperSonics  
G 4 Steve Smith 31 – (1969-03-31)March 31, 1969 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Portland Trail Blazers  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on September 15, 2000

Roster

Withdrawals edit

Results edit

In the preliminary round, Team USA was undefeated (5-0), and qualified for the quarterfinals. In the knockout rounds, Team USA faced Russia (quarterfinals), Lithuania (semifinals), and France (gold-medal game).[4]

2000 Olympic Games final standings edit

References edit

  1. ^ 2000 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 17 Sep. to 1 Oct. 2000 - Sydney in Australia.
  2. ^ "USA Basketball: Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad -- 2000". Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Team Roster United States" (PDF). olympics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Official Olympic Report Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "USA Basketball: Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad -- 2000". Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

External links edit

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