USA Mens Basketball Wins the Gold

USA Basketball Celebrate After Beating Spain for the Gold

On Sunday August 24, 2008 the USA Mens Basketball team beats Spain 118-107.  After hammering their opponents by an average of 30.2 points through their first seven games, the Americans outlasted the Spaniards in their first wire-to-wire test of the Olympics. The United States never trailed in the second half but did not officially put Spain away until Dwyane Wade, unofficially the best player in these Olympics, drilled a 3-pointer with 2 minutes 2 seconds remaining.

Wade, who led the team with 27 points, stayed in that spot for a second and posed with his hands on his hips and a cocksure grin. If there was ever a night for the Americans to show off a bit, this was it: They had completed their long journey back from a disappointing bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Games. They lived up to their name as the Redeem Team by putting American basketball where it should be the best in the world.....Go Team USA!!!!!