2000 United States men's Olympic basketball team

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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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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]

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 United States
G 12 Ray Allen 25 – (1975-07-20)July 20, 1975 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Milwaukee Bucks United States
F 11 Vin Baker 28 – (1971-11-23)November 23, 1971 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Seattle SuperSonics United States
G 9 Vince Carter 23 – (1977-01-26)January 26, 1977 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Toronto Raptors Canada
F 10 Kevin Garnett 24 – (1976-05-19)May 19, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Minnesota Timberwolves United States
G 8 Tim Hardaway 34 – (1966-09-01)September 1, 1966 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Miami Heat United States
G 6 Allan Houston 29 – (1971-04-20)April 20, 1971 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) New York Knicks United States
G 5 Jason Kidd (C) 27 – (1973-05-23)May 23, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Phoenix Suns United States
F 13 Antonio McDyess 26 – (1974-09-07)September 7, 1974 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Denver Nuggets United States
C 7 Alonzo Mourning (C) 30 – (1970-02-08)February 8, 1970 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Miami Heat United States
G 14 Gary Payton (C) 32 – (1968-07-23)July 23, 1968 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Seattle SuperSonics United States
G 4 Steve Smith 31 – (1969-03-31)March 31, 1969 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Portland Trail Blazers United States
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.

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