U.S. Bounces Back to Beat Greece 77-71
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ATHENS, Greece - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.    In a much closer game than expected, the Americans bounced back from their embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in their opener and avoided dropping to 0-2, which would have matched their loss total from the previous 68 years...
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ATHENS  The US men&#39;s basketball team&#39;s unimpressive 77-71 victory vs. Greece on Tuesday illustrated that its loss to Puerto Rico was not a fluke.
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ATHENS, Greece - Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games...
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CLEVELAND - LeBron James soared, swooped and scored almost at will with Larry Brown watching from the opposite bench. Perhaps trying to show his US Olympic team coach he should have played more in Greece, James
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The U.S. women took their third  consecutive gold medal in Olympic basketball on Saturday,  breaking open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat  Australia 74-63.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The USA basketball team restored pride after its loss to Puerto Rico to beat hosts Greece 77-71 in a thrilling pool match on Tuesday night, with NBA star Allen Iverson scoring 17 points despite a broken thumb. .
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ATHENS  - The United States men&#39;s basketball team won the bronze medal Saturday by defeating Lithuania 104-96. By Timothy Clary, AFP.
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The United States basketball team are through to the Olympic semi-finals after a 102-94 victory over Spain. The &#39;Dream Team&#39; had a one-point lead after the first-half then pulled away in the last quarter, but Spain always posed a threat.
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CLEVELAND - Perhaps trying to show his US Olympic team coach that he should have played more in Greece, LeBron James scored a career-high 43 points Wednesday night to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 92-76 win over Larry Brown&#39;s Detroit Pistons.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blew away   Greece 70-47 to capture an emotional first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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ATHENS, Greece - Redemption came from the perfect spot for Sarunas Jasikevicius. The Lithuanian guard, whose off-target 3-pointer kept his team from pulling off the biggest upset of the Sydney Olympics, didn't miss when it counted Saturday night in a thrilling 94-90 victory against the United States...
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ATHENS, Greece - Allen Iverson has a broken right thumb but was in the starting lineup anyway Tuesday night against Greece, hoping the U.S. Olympic basketball team could bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in its opener...
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ATHENS : The United States defeated Lithuania 104-96 here to win the Olympic men&#39;s basketball bronze medal game. The US team of National Basketball Association stars had been seeking a fourth consecutive gold
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Lisa Fernandez pitches a one-hitter as the U.S. softball team makes it six shutouts in six games with a shortened 7-0 victory Thursday over Greece.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blasted   past Greece 70-47 to win their first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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The U.S. men's basketball team salvaged  some pride Saturday, beating Lithuania 104-96 to take the  Olympic bronze medal.
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Stephon Marbury set a U.S. Olympic record with 31 points, and the Americans finally found their shooting touch in a 102-94 victory against Spain.