U.S. makes 2nd round in world basketball
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Using two units to wear down and outrun Slovenia, the United States basketball team rolled to a 114-95 victory, remaining unbeaten and clinching a spot in the round of 16 at the world championships.
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Greetings from the Olympic men's basketball tournament, where America is tied for last place with Angola, Australia, New Zealand, China and the defending world champions from Serbia-Montenegro.
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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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SAITAMA, Japan  - The United States broke out of a   first-half slumber to beat Germany 85-65 and reach the last   four of the world basketball championship on Wednesday.
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When a day of drama had ended and the quarterfinal pairings were set, the news was not great for the United States. In order to get to the semifinals and possibly the gold medal game, first the Americans will have to defeat Spain &#151; the team that left the widest wake of impressed and defeated opponents during the preliminary round.
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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.
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When it came to the real crunch the NBA stars of the United States basketball team showed their mettle and progressed to the semifinals of the Olympics with a 102-94 win over unbeaten Spain.
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Carmelo Anthony scored a U.S. record 35 points, and the American team overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Italy 94-85 Wednesday in the opening round of the basketball world championships.
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It has come to this: Good thing we're in the easy bracket. The United States men's basketball team is in Pool B, along with Greece, Australia, Lithuania, Angola, and, of course, Puerto Rico, the feisty little brother who enjoyed a pretty big laugh at the expense of Uncle Sam's boys Sunday night. Most of the serious teams are ...
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Stephon Marbury keyed a fourth quarter  run to help the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the  quarter-finals of the men's Olympic basketball tournament on  Thursday.
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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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Dwyane Wade scored 20 points and LeBron James added 19 in his most impressive performance of the world championships, leading the United States to a 114-95 victory over Slovenia on Tuesday night.
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The US men&#39;s basketball team finally got a convincing victory at the Olympic tournament on Monday, trouncing winless Angola 89-53 in their final preliminary round Group B match.
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Seimone Augustus scored 19 points and Tina Thompson added 18 as the United States routed Jamaica, 115-47, yesterday to clinch a semifinal spot at the FIBA Americas tournament in Valdivia, Chile. The United States team scored the first 9 points and never looked back. The United States (2-0) struggled in its first game against Cuba, winning by 85-79 after trailing most of the game.
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Pau Gasol had 25 points and nine rebounds and Spain used another impressive performance to beat Lithuania 89-67 Tuesday and advance to the FIBA world basketball tournament's final four for the second time. Spain (7-0) will play Argentina on Friday. Argentina (7-0) beat Turkey 83-58 in the quarterfinals. The U.S. team resumes play tomorrow against Germany, while Greece takes on France.
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The United States hardly gave Yao Ming a chance. Using a swarming defense and their huge advantage in depth to make life miserable for China and its All-Star center, the Americans rolled to a 121-90 victory Sunday night to remain unbeaten at the world championships.
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The U.S. men's basketball team atoned for two preliminary-round losses with a big victory Thursday. The Americans wore down previously unbeaten Spain over the final minutes, pulling away for a 102-94 victory to advance to the semifinals.