Saturday, December 22, 2012

2012 - BASKETBALL



UNITED STATES 2012 BASKETBALL OLYMPIC MEDALS

Men

Team
Tyson Chandler
Kevin Durant
Lebron James
Russell Westbrook
Deron Williams
Andre Iguodala
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Love
James Harden
Chris Paul
Anthony Davis
Carmelo Anthony





Women

Team
Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Asjha Jones
Tamika Catchings
Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Candace Parker





The United States largely dominated the basketball's olympic tournament. The USA tem won both men's and women's gold medals, repeating its results from four years earlier. Moreover, since 1996, the U.S. won every tournament for men and women, except the 2004 men's competition, won by Argentina. The US teams became more hegemonic after the Socialism collapse and the entry of profissional players in the Olympic competition. MEN.The United States won with the gold medal in Olympic men's basketball tournament again. The US team defeated its opponents by a large margin of points, except in two games. In the first round, the US team defeated France (98-71), Tunisia (110-63), Nigeria (156-73), record of points, Lithuania (99-94), its toughest match, and Argentina (126-97 ). In the quarter-finals, US defeated Australia by 119-86. In the semifinal, the US faced Argentina again, but this time the score was lower than in the previous game (109-83). In the final USA team played against Spain, as in 2008, and repeated its victory, this time by 107-100. WOMEN. The United States easily won the Olympic gold medal, winning all its games. In the first stage, the US team won all five games, defeating Croatia (81-56), Angola (90-38), Turkey (89-58), the traditional Czech Republic (88-61) and the formerly strong China (114 -66). In the quarter-finals, the US defeated easily Canada (91-48). The semifinal against Australia demanded a greater work of the U.S. athletes, who won the game by 86-73, their outcome tighter during the Games. In the final game, the USA team easily defeated France (86-50).







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