In 1968, the Olympic Games were held in Mexico, where the United States maintained its Olympic dominance with its seventh consecutive gold medal. In the grand final they had little trouble beating Yugoslavia (65-50), even though the Plavi were in the game until halftime, only to go down to the USA defence
In the 1968 NBA, the Lakers and the Celtics offered us a new final between them, in the end with a victory for the Greens (4-2). The series was tied at 2-2, but from there on the Boston took a hard-fought and far-sighted fifth game. In the sixth game the Celtic victory was more convincing. The Lakers came out strong in this final, and the Celtics suffered a terrible 7-game series against the Sixers, but green pride won
The competition begins with 24 teams, which were left in 8 teams that after two previous rounds go to the regular group
