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Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:54 am EDT

Best of Beijing: The Redeem Team edition

By Nick Friedell

The U.S. men's basketball team lived up to its name in Beijing, let's look back at how they did it ...

The 2008 men's basketball Olympic Champions

Game 1: U.S. defeats China 101-70

Game 2: U.S. defeats Angola 97-76

Game 3: U.S. defeats Greece 92-69

Game 4: U.S. defeats Spain 119-82

Game 5: U.S. defeats Germany 106-57

Game 6: U.S. defeats Australia 116-85

Game 7: U.S. defeats Argentina 101-81

Game 8: U.S. defeats Spain 118-107 to win gold medal

Photos via Getty Images

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  1. Viet T
    1. Posted by Viet T Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:04 pm EDT

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    Kobe is king of basketball under pressure. Spain were lucky on most of the shots they made that they don't normally make and they played their best game. Still lost to Team USA. That's tell you how good Team USA is.
    Basbetball belongs to USA. Period.
  2. Julie B. Watson
    2. Posted by Julie B. Watson Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:59 pm EDT

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    hopefully silver will motivate Pau to want a championship in the U.S. Go Lakers!
  3. jonah_mh
    3. Posted by jonah_mh Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT

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    Congratulations to China for topping the Olympics in the gold medal count. This Olympics is the worst for the US.
    US athletes should learn that inflated egos will not get them gold medals. China and other countries have shown the world that they can beat the US to its own game.
  4. jonah_mh
    4. Posted by jonah_mh Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT

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    It would have been a humiliation if the US didn't win the basketball crown. The career of Kobe Bryant and the rest of the NBA stars were at stake.
  5. Viet T
    5. Posted by Viet T Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:04 pm EDT

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    Spain can not repeat today performance (made shots that they typically don't make). USA can beat Spain any time any day of the year. Team USA is too talent to lose. Every team has bad game. Team USA didn't play their best defensively. Offensively, can't ask for more from them.
  6. keith q
    6. Posted by keith q Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:48 pm EDT

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    lol at 5 its called math learn it use it
  7. aaronh080
    7. Posted by aaronh080 Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    Glad to see the the Olympics spirits is actually revived by the "Dream Team", Phelps, and all the world's best athletes that made it all so interesting. When it comes to sports, the world is one for at least 17 days, I can't wait to see the closing ceremony!
  8. PeanutButterSpread
    8. Posted by PeanutButterSpread Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:33 pm EDT

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    Congrats to Kobe and TEAM USA for the gold!! Amazing game, the Spaniards should be proud, they gave the US their all. Exciting game, just proud that the guys could bring the gold home. GO USA!!! And Go KOBE!!
  9. Jason
    9. Posted by Jason Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 pm EDT

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    Jonah_mh you have a sick mind-set. You should go back to China and live there... You do not have a healthy sportsmanship... Actually China won most gold medals from unpopular sports in USA..
  10. prescillano b
    10. Posted by prescillano b Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:14 pm EDT

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    Have no doubt the REDEEM TEAM WILL REDEEMED NBA'S EGO! For the record, the NBA SUPERSTARS this time put aside their SUPER-EGO and played as TEAM. Congrats!
  11. keith q
    11. Posted by keith q Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:48 pm EDT

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    Is it me or does the USA dominate team sports. China got the most golds and props to them(table tennis aka ping pong rox sox yo).
  12. Roger B-H
    12. Posted by Roger B-H Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:04 pm EDT

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    Hooray! hooray! congrats to the golden guys redeem team for putting the usa
    back where it belongs!!!!....number one! on top of the world again! hooray and
    thanks for a great game! gold medals for the coaches too! (long overdue!!!}.
    god bless you and god bless america!
  13. We did it this year!
    13. Posted by We did it this year! Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:38 pm EDT

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    This is the talented USA team that was formed some 3 years ago! When some of your big guns went silent another gun went boom and got the team the gold. This also shows that Kobe is a clutch shooter, when the game is on the line, he made the important shots that bailed the team out. Of course, he did not do it alone, all of them deserved the gold.
  14. KOALA AVIATOR
    14. Posted by KOALA AVIATOR Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:49 pm EDT

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    I am very proud of the Redeem Team. I will never forget the disappointment I felt in the 2004 Olympics when Argentina won the Gold. NOW!....I can rejoyce.........USA now knows what must be done to stay on top. The GOLD MEDAL in basketball belongs in the United States.
  15. EmmanRom
    15. Posted by EmmanRom Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    Redeem Team USA, Congrats!!! The truth is, that awesome game isn't KB's best game performance, that is due to the fact that most of the referee awarded him to many unjustified unreasonable foul calls, and that keeps him from cooling down. Otherwise, we could all had enjoyed more seeing KB fly towards the basket...
  16. jonah_mh
    16. Posted by jonah_mh Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT

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    # 10. Since when did boxing, diving and swimming become unpopular? ,Hahaha, you're such an idiot. You are so sore that the US is just poor second in the gold medal standing.
    Well, guess what, the Chinese were stronger.
    Poor USA.
  17. Head
    17. Posted by Head Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 pm EDT

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    I agree Julie. Pau has had a long year of being the runner up. With Andrew Bynum back he won't have to play Center for the Lakers and will be dynomite. Go LAKERS!
  18. Head
    18. Posted by Head Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 pm EDT

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    Some of those chinese gymnastics girls are kinda cute. Too bad I'll have to wait 8 yrs to date one to avoid the felony charges.
  19. American Star
    19. Posted by American Star Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:51 pm EDT

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    I just one to make one comment! Everybody knows that the Olympics count medals the country that is supposed to be number one is the one with more first places (that mean Gold) and in a very hypocrite way Yahoo Sports put USA (36 gold) above China (51 gold) only because USA had more 3rd places that a shame for USA.
  20. abet
    20. Posted by abet Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:13 pm EDT

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    I agree that yahoo sports should place China above USA as the number one country base on gold tally because this has been the system used for the past Olympic. Why change the system now to total medal tallies? Is it because of USA losses" to China? You just show the world that USA is a sore loser.
  21. blahU2
    21. Posted by blahU2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

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    "Actually China won most gold medals from unpopular sports in USA.." -Nancy
    You are a moron to even think that way. Count how many medals the US got in some of those "unpopular" sports. You prima donnas are only a minority and contiue to make all US look bad.
  22. blahU2
    22. Posted by blahU2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

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    btw, congrats to the US bb and vb teams. Anything less from them would had be shameful.
  23. abet
    23. Posted by abet Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:13 pm EDT

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    It's still a sport you dummy! you just can't accept the fact that another country won over USA awwwww.. poor you... so immature!
  24. blahU2
    24. Posted by blahU2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

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    What counts is how the rest of the world gauge things, not how the US wants to view it. Obviously in the US here, we may look at it differently, that is fine. I don't really have a problem what order things are put. Games are finally over, all the countries did well. The world should look ahead to 2012 and just remember the fine performances seen by all. Other than the unfortunate loss of life in the senseless act of a deranged person on day 2, everything else went well. What many americans do not know (as I don't expect them to know) and NBC did not publicize it was that you could hear all the chinese in streets vocally encouraging the athletes from other countries during the marathons and even in the indoor event. All things considered, well done China, they've been a great host.
  25. blahU2
    25. Posted by blahU2 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:17 pm EDT

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    http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=Arov0OIbO56DokNQCBHkXxCVTZd4?slug=ap-medalsrace&prov=ap&type=lgns
    Good article. The world should proud as many smaller nations won medals for the first time at the Olympics. 40 medals for Africa! That is awesome.

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