Team USA Basketball: Americans Win Gold Medal Game Over Spain, 107-100

Spain gave Team USA their best shot in the men's basketball Gold Medal Game, but it would be the Americans that would come out on top with a 107-100 win.

Kevin Durant had another huge game, scoring a game-high 30 points while LeBron James added 19 points and clutch baskets down the stretch.

Spain forward Pau Gasol gave the Americans fits down low, scoring 24 points, but an eye injury caused him to miss a critical stretch in which the Americans got separation from Spain.

After jumping out to an eight point lead after one quarter, Spain cut the deficit to one point at halftime and even at the end of the third quarter. However the defense of Chris Paul and the shooting of James down the stretch helped the U.S. get by.

This is the second consecutive gold medal in men's basketball for Team USA.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Spain: Gold Medal Game Time, TV Schedule And More

The Team USA men's basketball team takes the court on the final day of the 2012 London Olympic Games looking to win its 14th men's basketball gold medal when it faces Spain on Sunday in a rematch of the 2008 gold medal game, won by the Americans 118-107 in Beijing.

Team USA has crushed opponents in London by 35.7 points per game on their way to the rematch with Spain, including dropping an Olympic-record 156 points on Nigeria. Spain, on the other hand, struggled early in group play before righting the ship and overtaking the Russians in the semifinals 67-59 to advance to the gold medal game and another shot at the American juggernaut.

Here is what you need to know for the gold medal game:

Game Day/Time: Sunday, August 12, 10:00 a.m. EST

Location: Olympic Park Basketball Arena, London, England

Television Coverage: NBC

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2012 Summer Olympics: U.S. Men's Basketball Advances To Gold Medal Game With Win Over Argentina

The U.S. Men's Basketball Team easily advanced to the Gold Medal Game in the tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics, defeating Argentina 109-83 Friday afternoon.

The United States shot a blistering 64 percent from the field while also posting a three-point percentage of 43 percent.

Argentina was able to keep the game close in the first half, as they trailed just 47-40 at the half, however a red-hot third quarter gave the U.S. the victory.

The U.S. offensive assault was led by Kevin Durant who scored a game-high 19 points in just 27 minutes of play. LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony chimed in with 18 points each. Kobe Bryant scored 13 while Chris Paul contributed 10 to round out the offensive leaders.

The U.S. now faces Spain for the gold medal on Sunday.

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Team USA Men's Basketball Vs. Argentina Preview: Game Time, TV Schedule, Online Streaming

Only one more team stands between Team USA and a shot in the gold medal game in men's basketball and it's a team that the Americans have already defeated. On Monday, Team USA started relatively slow against Argentina but ran on all cylinders in the third quarter before cruising to a 126-97 victory.

With a win Team USA would advance to a gold medal game against the winner of the matchup between Spain and Russia tipping off at noon ET, but with a loss Team USA would vie for bronze against the loser of that game.

Friday's game will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network at 3:30 p.m. ET. A live online stream of the game is also available from NBCOlympics.com.

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Team USA Vs. Australia Final Score: America Picks Up 119-86 Win

The United States are now just two wins away from another gold medal in men's basketball, after taking down Australia 119-86 on Wednesday afternoon. The U.S. men's team jumped out to 14-point lead at halftime, but Australia still hung in tough.

They couldn't hang in the second half, thanks in part to 20 points from Kobe Bryant and a triple-double from LeBron James. James ended the night with 11 points, 12 assists, and 14 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony continued his torrent of points in the Olympics, adding another 17 points on the evening.

Patrick Mills added 26 points for the Australian team, but it wasn't near enough to keep the game competitive late.

Team USA will now move on to face off against Argentina in a rematch.

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Team USA Vs. Australia Score Update: Deron Williams Leads America To 56-42 Lead At Halftime

The American men's basketball team holds a 56-42 lead over the Australian team on Wednesday afternoon, as the tournament for the medals in the event have begun. The United States needs three more victories to be able to take home gold once again.

The U.S. team jumped out to a 28-21 lead after the first quarter, matching the same pace in the second quarter to build a 14-point lead. While the lead is in double-digits, the game isn't in the bag just yet. Australian guard Patrick Mills is helping to keep the team in the game with 12 points in the first half.

For the U.S., Deron Williams leads the team in scoring in the first half with 13 points while LeBron James nearly had a double-double with seven points and 10 rebounds.

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Team USA Vs. Argentina, 2012 London Olympics: Kevin Durant Leads Big 2nd Half In 126-97 Win

Whatever concerns fans may have had about Team USA at the half were erased in the third quarter of the men's basketball team's game against Argentina on Monday. Kevin Durant and Lebron James powered an dominant offensive performance in the last two quarters of the game to give the United States a 126-97 win.

The Americans really heated up outside the three-point line. Kevin Durant went 5-for-6 on three-point attempts in the third quarter, finishing the game with nine three-pointers and a total of 28 points to lead the team. Durant and James led a third quarter in which Team USA outscored Argentina 42-17.

Monday's win ends pool play. The Americans will face Australia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Lithuania: After Tough Battle, Americans Emerge With 99-94 Victory

Team USA Men's Basketball got all they could handle from Lithuania on Saturday, narrowly escaping their Group A game with a 99-94 victory, thanks to a strong fourth quarter performance from recently crowned NBA champion LeBron James.

James scored 20 points in the game, including nine key points down the stretch to hold off the feisty Lithuanians. Carmelo Anthony chipped in 20 points for Team USA, with Kevin Durant adding 16.

Lithuania was led by Linas Kleiza, who poured in 25 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists. Former Maryland Terrapin guard Sarunas Jasikevicius added eight points and four assist for the Lithuanians, who shot 58.5 percent as a team for the game.

Team USA moves to 4-0 in Group A play with the victory.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Lithuania: Americans Hold Slim 55-51 Lead At The Half

Just one game removed from shattering multiple Olympic scoring records, Team USA Men's Basketball finds itself leading Lithuania by only four points at halftime, 55-51.

Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant have led the way offensively, with Anthony scoring 14 points and Durant nine points in the first half. Chris Paul has chipped in four points, four rebounds and four assists for Team USA.

The Americans have looked sluggish defensively, allowing Lithuania to score relatively easily in the first half, as evidenced by a 55.6 shooting percentage from Lithuania prior to halftime. Lithuania had won just one of their first three games in group play coming in to this game, and were coming off a 82-74 loss to France.

The game can currently be seen on NBC Sports Network.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Lithuania: Game Time, TV Schedule And More

The Team USA Men's Basketball team will be back on the court Saturday, fresh off their record-breaking performance against Nigeria on Thursday. The Americans will look to remain undefeated in Group A play when they take on Lithuania.

Team USA made an astonishing 29 three-point baskets in the win over Nigeria, shattering the Olympic scoring record in the process by posting 156 points against the severely overmatched Nigerian squad. Carmelo Anthony broke the Team USA single-game scoring record by dropping 37 points in just 14 minutes of play.

Lithuania has won just one of their first three games in group play, and is coming off an eight point loss to France.

Here is what you need to know for Saturday's game:

Game Day/Time: Saturday, August 4, 9:30 a.m. EST

Location: Olympic Park Basketball Arena, London, England

Television Coverage: NBC Sports Network

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USA Vs. Nigeria, 2012 Olympics: Final Score, 156-73 Beatdown For The Americans

The United States men's basketball team comfortably defeated Tunisia in their first game at the London 2012 Olympics, but got off to a very slow start. They appear to have learned a few lessons from that, as their start was anything but slow on Thursday night. They scored a jaw-dropping 49 points in the first quarter en route to a 156-73 win over Nigeria. The win was the biggest in USA basketball history.

Carmelo Anthony turned in one of the greatest performances in Olympics basketball history, scoring 37 points in under 15 minutes of time on the floor. He hit an incredible 10 three-point shots and was 13-16 from the floor. Ike Diogu, a former NBA player who could be looking for a way back, helped his cause with 27 points. Unfortunately, Nigeria offered very little in the way of offensive support or team defense.

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Team USA Vs. Nigeria Game Time, TV Schedule And More

After winning each of their first two games by an average of 37 points, Team USA will play their third game of the 2012 London Olympics on Thursday night against Nigeria. The United States are huge 42.5-point favorites over Nigeria and are expected to easily roll to their third victory of the tournament.

Nigeria narrowly got by Tunisia in their opening game 60-56, but were unable to stay with Lithuania in their second game, losing 72-53.

Team USA will have two more games of qualification play after their game against Nigeria before reaching the elimination bracket.

Here is what you need to know for Thursday's game:

Game Day/Time: Thursday, August 2, 5:15 p.m. EST

Location: Olympic Park Basketball Arena, London, England

Television Coverage: NBC Sports Network

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Tunisia: Americans Overcome Slow Start To Win 110-63

It wasn't the fastest of starts for Team USA. The Americans led by just six points at the end of the first quarter, 21-15, against a team, Tunisia, they were favored to beat by 55 points.

But eventually, as six players finished in double-figure scoring totals, the U.S. would cruise rather comfortably to a 110-63 win. They'd outscore Tunisian 39-14 in the third quarter and and 25-16 in the fourth en route to their second Olympic win during the 2012 London Games.

Carmelo Anthony would lead the United States in scoring with 16 points on a perfect 6-for-6 shooting from the field, including 2-for-2 from beyond the arc. Kevin Love also had 16 on 6-for-9 shooting, as well as six rebounds.

Collectively, they shot more than 60 percent from the field, and afterwards, signed a few sneakers.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. France: Kevin Durant, U.S. Teammates Soundly Defeat France, 98-71

Team USA Basketball had little trouble dismissing the French team 98-71 on Sunday in their opening game of the 2012 London Olympics. The U.S. squad, led by Kevin Durant's 22 points, put a sluggish first quarter start behind them to outscore the French team by 26 points over the final three quarters of the game.

In addition to Durant's 22 points, Kevin Love chipped in 14 points and three rebounds with LeBron James contributing nine points, eight assists and five rebounds. Carmelo Anthony added nine points and nine boards for the victorious American squad.

France was led by Ali Traore's 12 points, with NBA star Tony Parker adding 10. Burgeoning Washington Wizards big man Kevin Serpaphin scored just three points on one of five shooting from the floor in limited minutes.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. France: United States Leads 52-36 At Halftime

Team USA Basketball began their gold medal campiagn on Sunday in London at the 2012 Summer Games against France, and hold a 52-36 lead at halftime of their Group A qualifying game.

After a sluggish first quarter in which the United States led just 22-21, Team USA poured it on in the second, outscoring France 30-15 to take the 16 point halftime lead.

Kevin Durant has led the way with 15 points and 5 rebounds, while LeBron James has chipped in five points, six rebounds and four assists and the lonely American big, Tyson Chandler, has added six points and seven rebounds.

France has been led by Florent Pietrus with eight points and a bespectacled Tony Parker with six points. Kevin Seraphin of the Wizards played just three minutes in the first half, not scoring a bucket but blocking one shot.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. France: Game Time, TV Schedule And More

Team USA Basketball begins their quest for the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games in earnest on Sunday morning, when they face Tony Parker and the French in an opening round Group A battle. The game can be seen live on NBC Sports Network or streamed on NBCOlympics.com.

Team USA will be heavy favorites against the French, despite the presence of several NBA players to go along with Parker on Team France. Boris Diaw, Ronny Turiaf and the Washington Wizards own blossoming big man Kevin Seraphin will certainly be familiar with their American counterparts, but the roster talent differential is simply too great for the French to overcome.

Here is what you need to know for Sunday's game:

Game Day/Time: Sunday, July 29, 9:30 a.m. EST

Location: Olympic Park Basketball Arena, London, England

Television Coverage: NBC Sports Network

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Team USA Vs. Spain Basketball: Americans Defeat Spaniards On Their Home Turf

In Barcelona on Tuesday, Team USA faced off against the Spanish National Team that gave them a scare in the gold medal game of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. But the game wouldn't be as close as the Americans defeated the Spaniards, 100-78.

Carmelo Anthony led the way with 27 points off the bench, including 23 first half points to help secure the victory. LeBron James pumped in 25 points and Kevin Durant helped break the game open by scoring 10 of his 13 points in the first three minutes of the third quarter.

For Spain, they were led by Los Angeles Lakers star Pau Gasol who scored 19 points, and Oklahoma City Thunder big man Serge Ibaka -- who became a Spanish national last year -- who contributed 16 points in the loss.

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Team USA Vs. Argentina Basketball: Americans Move To 4-0 In Friendly Competition

Playing in Barcelona, Spain, the very place where the Dream Team took the world by storm 20 years ago, in 1992, the 2012 U.S. Men's National Team wore throwback uniforms, similar to the ones worn by Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.

But that's where the similarities ended as Team USA squeaked by with a 86-80 exhibition victory over Argentina on Saturday.

Kevin Durant led the American squad with 27 points to go go along with 18 points from Kobe Bryant and 15 from LeBron James and despite those contributions, Team USA still managed to squander a 20 point lead and let the Argentinians back in the game. The San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili scored 23 points while Carlos Delfino added 15 and Luis Scola, 14 points.

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Team USA Vs. Brazil Basketball: LeBron James Leads Americans To 80-69 Win At Verizon Center

Team USA improved to 2-0 in their five-game exhibition tour prior to the 2012 London Olympic Games. Coach K's team pulled out an 80-69 victory at Verizon Center in downtown DC. It was their final tune-up on American soil, with the team now heading across the pond to continue their exhibition play against Great Britain.

It was a much stiffer test on Monday night compared to the walk-through against the Dominican Republic in Las Vegas. Team USA was particularly sloppy on the offensive end to start the game, and compounded missed shots with turnovers as Brazil jumped out to a ten point lead. Due to several injuries, Team USA is relatively thin up front and Brazil has one of the better frontcourts in international basketball with NBA players Nene, Tiago Splitter, and Anderson Varejao all anchoring the paint. The Wizards' big man, Nene, played well in the middle and battled Tyson Chandler.

But Team USA would overcome the slow start to maintain a lead throughout the second half. Brazil went on an 8-2 run to cut it to just six with under six minutes to go but the American talent was too much and closed out the double-digit victory. LeBron James, who will be forced to play some center on the smaller roster, led the way with 30 points and six rebounds. DC native and reigning NBA scoring champ Kevin Durant scored 11 points while Chris Paul added 10.

Team USA will now play Great Britain at Manchester Arena in three days on the July 19.

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Team USA Vs. Brazil Women's Basketball: Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen Lead Americans In Blow Out Win

In their first real tune-up in advance of the 2012 London Olympics, the USA women's basketball team rolled over Brazil in the first half of a doubleheader at Verizon Center. Lindsay Whalen scored 21 points for Geno Auriemma's squad, as they blew out Brazil 99-67. Whalen was filling a spot for Sue Bird, who left the team because of a death in the family.

In addition to Whalen, former UConn star Diana Taurasi chipped in 16 points and added seven assists. Taurasi looked solid controlling the ball after missing the past month of WNBA play. With Bird unavailable, the women's team really didn't miss a beat in their final game before crossing the pond to train in advance of the London games. They have won 33 straight games in Olympic play and are looking for their fifth straight gold medal.

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Team USA Basketball Vs. Brazil: President Obama To Attend Doubleheader

Team USA Basketball Vs. Brazil: TV Schedule, Game Time And More

Team USA will take on Brazil in the team's second exhibition game, playing a doubleheader with both the men's and women's teams facing off in Washington, DC. Schedule, television, and game time information is included.