basketfinals
1996

Olympic Games Final 1996: United States wins Gold without any pressure

In the summer of 1996, the Olympic Games were played in Atlanta, where the United States with a strong NBA team won the Olympic Gold without too much trouble to beat Yugoslavia in the final by 95-69, the difference between the United States and the rest of the world was abysmal at that time The Americans eliminated Australia in the semi-finals, also emphatically, by 101-73. The Yugoslavs beat Lithuania 66-58. The bronze was won by Lithuania in their duel with the Australians by 80-74.

United States 95 *Payton - 2p, 2a. *Miller - 20p, 4a. *Pippen - 4p, 4r. *Malone - 0p, 5r. *Olajuwon - 5p, 5r. Stockton - 4p, 7a. A.Hardaway - 17p, 4a. Richmond - 5p, 1r. Barkley - 8p, 3r. Robinson - 28p, 7r. O´Neal - 2p, 1br.

Yugoslavia 69 *Djordjevic - 13p, 6a, 5r. *Danilovic - 9p, 2r. *Bodiroga - 13p, 5r. *Paspalj - 19p, 2r. *Divac - 4p, 3r. Obradovic - 6p, 2r. Loncar - 0p. Topic - 0p. Tomasevic - 1p, 1r. Rebraca - 4p, 3r.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G366oiUals

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