2016 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coach | Mike Krzyzewski |
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2016 Summer Olympics | |
Scoring leader | Kevin Durant 19.4 |
Rebounding leader | DeAndre Jordan 6.1 |
Assists leader | Kyrie Irving 4.9 |
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They automatically qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2014. The team was coached by Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, with assistant coaches Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Tom Thibodeau (New York Knicks), and Monty Williams.[1]
Timeline
[edit]- August 6, 2015: 34-man roster announced[2]
- January 18, 2016: 30-man roster announced[3]
- July 17: Start of training camp[4]
- July 22 – August 1: Exhibition games[4]
- August 6–21: 2016 Summer Olympics[3]
Roster
[edit]The 2016 team consisted of just two returning players from the 2012 Olympic gold-medal winning team, Kevin Durant and the new team captain, Carmelo Anthony.[5][6]
The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9]
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The following were also candidates to make the team:
2015 Basketball Showcase
[edit]On August 12, 2015, USA Basketball announced that 19 NBA players would participate in the following day's 2015 USA Basketball Showcase in Las Vegas, where they were divided into two squads, USA Blue and USA White, with USA Blue being coached by USA National Team assistant coach Monty Williams (Oklahoma City Thunder), and USA White being coached by fellow USA National Team assistant coach Tom Thibodeau (Minnesota Timberwolves).[25]
The Blue Team included starters Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors), Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards), DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors), and Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons), with reserve players Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets), Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings), Amir Johnson (Boston Celtics), Victor Oladipo (Orlando Magic), and Elfrid Payton (Orlando Magic).
The White Team included starters Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs), Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers), DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings), Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors), and Michael Carter-Williams (Milwaukee Bucks), with reserve players Mason Plumlee (Portland Trail Blazers), Terrence Jones (Houston Rockets), Arron Afflalo (New York Knicks), and Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors). C. J. Watson (Orlando Magic) was included in the roster announcement but did not play.[26]
Exhibition games
[edit]The United States' 12-man roster began its exhibition schedule against 2004 Olympic champion Argentina. They also faced 2015 FIBA Asia gold medalist China and 2015 FIBA Americas champion Venezuela. The schedule concluded with 2015 FIBA Africa champion Nigeria in Houston. The United States Olympic Committee used Houston as a departure point for many Olympic teams, providing them with credentials and provisions on their way out to Brazil.[4]
July 22, 2016
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Argentina | 74–111 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 14–32, 19–24, 24–24, 17–31 | ||
Pts: Nocioni 15 Rebs: Nocioni 7 Asts: Campazzo 6 |
Pts: Durant 23 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Irving 6 |
July 24, 2016
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China | 57–106 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 16–29, 9–23, 19–28 | ||
Pts: Yi 18 Rebs: Yi 7 Asts: 3 players tied 2 |
Pts: Durant 19 Rebs: Anthony 8 Asts: 3 players tied 5 |
July 26, 2016
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China | 57–107 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 9–21, 15–32, 18–23 | ||
Pts: Zhou 13 Rebs: Wang 5 Asts: Guo 6 |
Pts: Cousins 21 Rebs: Cousins 11 Asts: Thompson 5 |
July 29, 2016
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Venezuela | 45–80 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–16, 13–20, 14–24 | ||
Pts: Cox 14 Rebs: Colmenares 10 Asts: Vargas 5 |
Pts: Thompson, Irving 13 Rebs: Cousins 12 Asts: Green 6 |
August 1, 2016
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Nigeria | 66–110 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 16–27, 15–30, 21–26 | ||
Pts: Oguchi 21 Rebs: Diogu 9 Asts: Uzoh 6 |
Pts: Anthony 19 Rebs: Jordan 9 Asts: Lowry 11 |
Olympic play
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 524 | 407 | +117 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 444 | 368 | +76 | 9 | |
3 | France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 423 | 378 | +45 | 8 | |
4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 426 | 387 | +39 | 7 | |
5 | Venezuela | 5 | 1 | 4 | 315 | 444 | −129 | 6 | |
6 | China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 318 | 466 | −148 | 5 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
China
[edit]6 August 2016
19:00 |
China | 62–119 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 10–30, 20–29, 17–32, 15–28 | ||
Pts: Yi 25 Rebs: Yi, Zhao 6 Asts: Zhao 5 |
Pts: Durant 25 Rebs: Anthony, Jordan 7 Asts: Durant 6 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,622 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Sreten Radović (CRO) |
Venezuela
[edit]8 August 2016
19:00 |
United States | 113–69 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 30–8, 27–25, 38–18 | ||
Pts: George 20 Rebs: Jordan 9 Asts: Lowry 9 |
Pts: Cox 19 Rebs: Echenique 7 Asts: Vargas 5 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,572 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Damir Javor (SLO), Scott Beker (AUS) |
Australia
[edit]10 August 2016
19:00 |
Australia | 88–98 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 25–20, 13–21, 21–28 | ||
Pts: Mills 30 Rebs: Dellavedova 6 Asts: Dellavedova 11 |
Pts: Anthony 31 Rebs: Anthony, Cousins 8 Asts: Irving 5 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,957 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Juan Carlos García (ESP), Robert Lottermoser (GER) |
Serbia
[edit]12 August 2016
19:00 |
United States | 94–91 | Serbia |
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 23–26, 22–21, 22–29 | ||
Pts: Irving 15 Rebs: George 9 Asts: Irving, Cousins 5 |
Pts: Jokić 25 Rebs: Jokić 6 Asts: Teodosić 6 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,413 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
France
[edit]14 August 2016
14:15 |
United States | 100–97 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 30–24, 25–22, 26–23, 19–28 | ||
Pts: Thompson 30 Rebs: Durant 6 Asts: Irving 12 |
Pts: de Colo, Heurtel 18 Rebs: Heurtel 8 Asts: Heurtel 9 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,302 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), José Reyes (MEX), Damir Javor (SLO) |
Knockout round
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
Australia | 90 | |||||||||
19 August | ||||||||||
Lithuania | 64 | |||||||||
Australia | 61 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 87 | |||||||||
Croatia | 83 | |||||||||
21 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 86 | |||||||||
Serbia | 66 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
United States | 96 | |||||||||
Spain | 92 | |||||||||
19 August | ||||||||||
France | 67 | |||||||||
Spain | 76 | |||||||||
17 August | ||||||||||
United States | 82 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
United States | 105 | |||||||||
21 August | ||||||||||
Argentina | 78 | |||||||||
Australia | 88 | |||||||||
Spain | 89 | |||||||||
Quarterfinal – Argentina
[edit]17 August 2016
18:45 |
United States | 105–78 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 31–19, 31–21, 18–17 | ||
Pts: Durant 27 Rebs: George 8 Asts: Durant 6 |
Pts: Scola 15 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 9 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 11,700 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Robert Lottermoser (GER) |
Semifinal – Spain
[edit]19 August 2016
15:30 |
Spain | 76–82 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 22–19, 18–21, 19–16 | ||
Pts: Gasol 23 Rebs: Gasol 8 Asts: Rodríguez 5 |
Pts: Thompson 22 Rebs: Jordan 16 Asts: Lowry, Thompson 3 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,455 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), José Reyes (MEX), Guilherme Locatelli (BRA) |
Final – Serbia
[edit]21 August 2016
15:45 |
Serbia | 66–96 | United States |
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–33, 14–27, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Jokić 4 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Durant 30 Rebs: Cousins 15 Asts: Lowry 5 |
Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 10,658 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Juan García (SPA) |
Statistics
[edit]Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FGM | Field goals made | FGA | Field goals attempted | FG% | Field goal percentage |
3PM | 3-point field goals made | 3PA | 3-point field goals attempted | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
FTM | Free throws made | FTA | Free throws attempted | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | PPG | Points per game |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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Kevin Durant | 8 | 8 | 28.8 | 52 | 90 | .578 | 25 | 43 | .581 | 26 | 32 | .813 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 19.4 |
Carmelo Anthony | 8 | 8 | 23.3 | 33 | 84 | .393 | 18 | 45 | .400 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 12.1 |
Kyrie Irving | 8 | 8 | 22.0 | 31 | 65 | .477 | 9 | 24 | .375 | 20 | 22 | .909 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 11.4 |
Paul George | 8 | 2 | 19.0 | 32 | 70 | .457 | 8 | 28 | .286 | 18 | 21 | .857 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 11.2 |
Klay Thompson | 8 | 6 | 21.1 | 28 | 77 | .363 | 16 | 49 | .327 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
DeMarcus Cousins | 8 | 5 | 14.6 | 27 | 44 | .614 | 0 | 0 | -- | 19 | 23 | .826 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 9.1 |
DeAndre Jordan | 8 | 3 | 17.3 | 23 | 31 | .742 | 0 | 0 | -- | 13 | 32 | .406 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
DeMar DeRozan | 7 | 0 | 11.1 | 16 | 27 | .593 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14 | 18 | .778 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
Jimmy Butler | 8 | 0 | 14.4 | 13 | 38 | .342 | 2 | 9 | .222 | 17 | 18 | .944 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
Kyle Lowry | 8 | 0 | 16.3 | 12 | 29 | .414 | 3 | 11 | .273 | 13 | 17 | .765 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
Harrison Barnes | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 13 | .462 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 4.3 |
Draymond Green | 8 | 0 | 9.8 | 5 | 22 | .227 | 1 | 11 | .090 | 4 | 7 | .571 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 200 | 278 | 590 | .471 | 83 | 225 | .369 | 168 | 224 | .750 | 45.5 | 24.0 | 100.9 |
Opponents | 8 | 8 | 200 | 231 | 538 | .429 | 52 | 182 | .286 | 113 | 147 | .769 | 35.5 | 20.0 | 78.4 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Team at the time player was a candidate
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External links
[edit]- Games of the XXXIth Olympiad -- 2016 at usab.com