|
The Historic Moment of
U.S.A which has led another Gold Medal at 2012 London
Olympic on Day 16. 2012 London
Olympic site reported on August 12th, 2012 that The USA ran out
107-100 winners - the closest final since the Soviet Union beat the
USA 51-50 40 years ago.
Kevin Durant scored 30 points to lead
the champions, while LeBron James had 19 and Kobe Bryant 17.
Spain, silver medallists in Beijing in
another close final, started strongly as Juan Carlos Navarro, who
has been suffering with a foot problem, found his form and hit a
pair of three-pointers to fire them into a 12-7 lead.
Bryant, playing well in spurts for the
USA, had two threes of his own as they came back to lead 15-12, and
his team briefly threatened to run away late in the first quarter
with a three from Carmelo Anthony making it 25-16.
Durant's three from the corner made it
35-25 late in the first, but Spain sent a message with Sergio
Rodriguez's pass slammed home by Rudy Fernandez.
The European champions scored the
first seven points of the second quarter to slice the gap to 35-34
on Rodriguez's free throws, and Sergio Llull eventually made it
42-41 to the Spanish.
Spain suffered a huge blow when Marc
Gasol, surprisingly left in the game by coach Sergio Scariolo when
on three fouls, picked up his fourth to take a seat midway through
the second quarter.
The USA responded with six straight
points to go 50-44 up on Kevin Love's throws. Deron Williams then
made it 58-51 with a three-pointer.
But when Andre Iguodala was called for
an unsportsmanlike foul, Fernandez made it 59-58 before the break.
Pau Gasol scored the first 13 Spanish
points of the third quarter, on a personal mission to keep his team
in it, and they were still down only one, 83-82, at the start of the
fourth.
Chris Paul hit a three and then drove
to the hoop for an easy basket as the USA eased into a 90-84 lead.
James then picked up his fourth foul
with an accidental sweep of Pau Gasol, who headed to the bench as
his brother returned to cut the gap to four.
Paul led the USA clear once more with
five quick points, and Bryant's short jump shot made it 97-87.
Navarro and Fernandez scored to
briefly rally the Spanish, but when James nailed a three the USA
were up 102-93.
Paul's driving lay-up settled it 50
seconds from time as the gap grew to 11, and USA coach Mike
Krzyzewski responded with a mass of substitutions as James and
Bryant began the celebrations on the bench.
Earlier in the day, Russia secured
bronze with an 81-77 win over Argentina.
USA Basketball game appeared in
Olympic for 17 times which was joined in 1934 for FIBA since
that USA have received Olympic game medals for Gold in 1936, 1948,
1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008,
and year 2012, USA also have received Silver in 1972 and
Bronze in 1988 and 2004. The final result was 107 to 100 which USA
received Gold medal over Spain on day 16, at the 2012
London Olympic Game for Men's
Basketball.
|
;)
;)
;)
;)
;)
