U.S. Basketball Team Loses for First Time Since 1988
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The United States lost their first  basketball match at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when  Puerto Rico handed them a shock 92-73 trouncing.
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ATHENS, Greece - In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and first since adding pros...
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The United States crashed to its second  defeat in the Olympic men's basketball tournament Saturday when  a late shooting spree by Sarunas Jasikevicius propelled  Lithuania to a 94-90 victory.
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The loss dropped the Americans into third place in Group A with a 2-2 record. The US team will face Sweden in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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Sick, injured and reeling from a humiliating loss, the United States basketball team struggled past Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary-round game that signalled more difficulties to come.
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ATHENS, Greece - This latest victory for the U.S. women's basketball team came with a scare - from an injury, not the opponent...
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The U.S. men's basketball team was  beaten by Argentina Friday, denying it an Olympic gold medal  for the first time since 1992 when NBA players started  competing.
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ATHENS, Greece - By the end of the Olympic basketball tournament&#39;s first week, the shock of the United States&#39; opening-game loss to Puerto Rico was wearing off.
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Tyler Smith hit a layup with 4.2 seconds to play and No. 8 Tennessee handed No. 16 Mississippi its first loss of the season, 85-83 on Wednesday night.
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The United States men&#39;s basketball team looked nothing like the Dream Team as Puerto Rico pounded them, 92-73, in Sunday&#39;s preliminary round game. This was the third ever loss for the American men in Olympic basketball competition. However, the American ...
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The U.S. men's basketball team can console itself with two things: third place and the highest point total of the Olympic tournament. The Americans took the bronze-medal game seriously Saturday night and earned some revenge in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania. But that wasn't what they came to Athens for.
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ATHENS, Greece - The US men&#39;s basketball team arrived with the wrong uniforms Saturday, and is leaving with the wrong medal. But after losing three games in the Olympics and ending the streak of three gold
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All that talk of the United States returning to the top of the basketball world will have to wait. The reality is that the Americans are no closer now than they were two years ago.
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ATHENS, Greece - The U.S. men's basketball team endured another brutal loss...
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 27, 2004 - The US men&#39;s basketball team will go home from the Olympics without a gold medal for the first time since it began using NBA players after the Americans were beaten soundly by Argentina 89-81 in the semifinals Friday.
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Only three teams represented the conference in the NCAA tournament and none made it past the opening weekend for the first time since 1999.
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During a four-day layoff, the Celtics suffered from a lack of game experience. Last night, they played five minutes too many at the MCI Center, losing to the Wizards, 110-105, in overtime.