Spain vs USA - Condensed Gold Medal Match | Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday
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Team USA faced Spain in the Basketball final of the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing. It promised to be an incredibly exciting match, and after "only" grabbing the bronze medal in 2004, the "Redeem Team" had again the chance to claim the gold medal for the USA.
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Kobe just takes over that 4th when they need him most, that's who he was clutch, reliable, and always in that mamba mentality...RIP Kobe thanks for making awesome memories that I can look back on
He dissapeared in most of the important playoff games with Lakers.
@@masters.1000 as someone who has watched almost every Lakers game since 06, this is objectively false
@@grezende4056 dude doesn't watch basketball
He was in the zone that time ...
@@masters.1000 how? He got 5 rings dumbass. Ask Lebron when he chokes against the Spurs and the Mavs where he got outplayed by Jason Terry and midget Barea.
I just cant imagine playing against this prime kobe, melo, lebron, dwight, dwade etc.
@Tom Nguyen why do you think hes playing in an Olympic game you idiot.. and hit multiple 3's.
wheres kd
@@jeffrollo8046 he was still a sophomore bruh
Wow the disrespect to melo, he's a killer in that day even he's earlier days in knicks he's cold blooded
@@smugmegumin8095 yeah, 33 point in 1 quarter is something
Ricky Rubio was a junior in high school playing against Kobe Bryant and Lebron James in their prime 😲👀
Lebron was not in prime
@@Eb-dw3tq he def was
And LeBron still 23years old
@@NZENZN 2012 bron was prime bron fym
Lebron was always in his prime even if he aged he still the same
This was a scary USA team. A lot of goats in their primes. Respect to Spain for making it competitive sheeshh 🔥🔥🔥
I think that was spain gold generation too
CP3 wasn’t even a starter on that team.
Yeah, definitely. Kobe, Lebron, Melo, Wade, Dwight and CP3 all in their prime on the same team is insane. Spain was no joke.
Considering Spain playing against an all star team in their own game, that is very impressive to even come this close.
23:10min it was pretty close 104-108 with 2:25 to go. Spain did put up a fight.
I think that team was spain gold generation too
Kobe literally saved Team USA, they woulda settled for another runner-up finish for the 3rd straight major tournament had Kobe not played.
@@jan279 *4th straight major tournament
If Rudy didnt foul out they might have won NGL
Give my man Dwade some appreciation. He's on fire the whole game and was also clutch. Can't stop Prime Wade
Ethan Hawke your man????
@@LeisureSuitLarry_ don't have anything else to say huh?
Ethan Hawke lol another keyboard warrior virgin...
Prime D-Wade sooooo underrated
I rate "Your Man" 9
That's how far international basketball has came, this Spain's team was years ahead of anything the original Dream team faced, it literally took the US assembling the Avengers to secure a gold medal.....and keep in mind this was 2008.
Facts
Dream Team had ZERO competition
Bruh Dream Team was like the Justice League , they were to dominate and leave no doubt
Dude your comment is so misguided that I'm going to really need to dig into my vocabulary to be able to respond in kind. The original Dream team had the best of the best with MJ, Magic and Bird being 3 of the 11! Hall of Fame players that made up that team. For you not to have a clue as to their DOMINANCE means either you have no clue about their individual and/or team accolades or you just have no clue about basketball, Lol. Sure INT ball has definitely matured, but really dude let me bring this to a close so you will never face this sort of public embarrassment again. The Redeem team with those great players, Kobe, Wade and Lefake, STILL after beating those INT teams that you revere, would get brutally stumped by the Dream team, facts!
This USA team will crush the original DT with a 40 point margin
The fact that Ricky Rubio was my age playing against these legends, blows my mind
He was meant to be one of the greats. That's why he was drafted in front of Curry
@@silewis9396and Minnesota stunted his growth. He showed what he could do in the playoffs before his injury
Ohh my god just think rubio was 17 years old and played with these guys in an olympic final..
yeah ik insane.
and apart of that he´s trash
alejandro What have you done at 17 years old? Probably nothing compared to Rubio....
Is ur name a remix of Giannis’
Dennis Fredriksson dont be like a child what i have done at 17 its not important the fact is that he havent progress nothing since that (im spanish sorry for my english dude haha)
Can’t deny Spain was playing very well
in my opinion best national team Europe has ever produced, but the US eats in another table, semi gods of basketball, so we are just honored to be the first team that has been able to put up a fight to NBA finest, thats all you can aspire really, winning is a fantasy
Pat O'Callahan I mean, we lost in 2004. We aren’t entirely unbeatable. This team, however, was never going to lose.
The center is good
of course since majority of that team has played together for years so their chemistry is top notch
You are absolutely right, the United States has another level for all basketball teams, but Spain in Europe is the best and what makes Spain good is that the Spanish always have the best in almost all sports (motorcycles, soccer, basketball, tennis...)
This game and the 2012 rematch are two of the best games ever. Spain was so good, they almost pulled off the win both times - multiple comebacks, etc. Awesome basketball. And Kobe was just clutch as always
我也这么觉得❤
Kd and kobe
One of the greatest basketball games ever played.
Kobe's 3pointer, fouling out Fernandez and shushing the crowd, still gives me chills. It was the first highlight I thought of after he died. I remember this game so well.
one of the first games i thought of as well. He just has such a killer instinct. Seriously cant teach that!
So glad I set my clock to wake me up in the middle of the night. Just in time to see the heroics by Kobe.
Rudy Fernandez can't guard Kobe.. No one in the spain roster to sum It up..
Imagine time traveling and you see this comment
Time ?
That killer mentality and determination of Kobe is unreal,the world will forever miss you Bean,RIP
Only that Spain could have challenged that Dream Team 2.0. Probably the best Olympic basketball match in history.
2016 usa team>
19:55 Best play of the game!
18:44
@@dramirmotlak1505no
This was the REDEEM TEAM. Kobe made a promise that they would bring back the glory for the team USA. Then, the US got the gold medal for this tournament with the heroic game of the Black Mamba in the 4th quarter
Clutch Mamba
这阵容拿冠军不奇怪，倒是对面的那只西班牙好厉害，能跟全是顶级球星的球队只有几分分差
@@DTB1995 yes indeed sir! He was solid in the clutch time and in his eyes that he wanted the ball on his hands and the rest we knew what happened, that was just a simply a Kobe Bryant show. He was a pure scorer and no one in that era could beat the Prime Black Mamba one on one.
And Dwade? LMAO
yeah hahhaa
Prime Kobe and prime LeBron on the same team? Prime Wade off the bench? How can you beat that?
CodeBreaker current Golden State warriors
@@jordankendall2705 you're delusional
Original Dream Team?
2017 Spurs
Well Spain almost did it. You have to admit It was a close game
Rudy Fernandez was a beast . Dunking on Dwight Howard in the fourth and nailing 3's.
I think if he didnt foul out spain wouldve won
@@aperson6937nah they were already exhausted
Spin move on kobe too before the howard dunk!!
@@aperson6937they were losing when he fouled out USA has a higher percentage of winning
Respect for Spain...US Team's final
roster featured eleven NBA All-Stars,
a Hall of Fame coach, and two NBA MVPs.
They kept it within single digits....against this team. That's f'n impressive.
Yeah, kind of impressive...but also playing by Spain/Euroleague/FIBA rules....
Plus Kobe and Bron both in foul trouble early.
Not really. The USA did not play any defense at all! A very lazy half hearted effort if you ask me. This USA team would have had their doors blown off by the 1992 USA team! Not even close!
I bet they weren't trying too hard to be fair
Shoegum Yooo! This DT didn't have the "mindset" of the 1st DT. A 17 yr old, Rudy wouldn't have gotten off like that and the score wouldn't be what it was. Trust and believe!
This spain team was absolutely insane. They are playing against basically the prime big 3 Heat, Kobe in his prime, CP3 in his prime in a close game down to the end. RIP Kobe
Amen 🙏 🙏
Dont forget the Prime Dwight
Prime melo!
LEGENDS
all prime 🤣
I can't deny that Spain is 2nd strongest team in the world
Rudy Fernandez would thrive in today's NBA.
He's got handles.
He can shoot threes off the dribble, on the spot, and catch n shoot.
He can drive in the paint and/or dunk.
And he can defend.
It's a shame he wasn't utilized properly in his prime in the NBA.
Gonna miss you DWade. Thanks for the memories. What a team! Wow.
17 year old Ricky Rubio against prime Wade and Kobe
John Gaffud is that even legal?
@@minfl6481 he can´t drink alcohol but he can mess with jason kid
Being guarded by 70-year old Jason Kidd LOL
it's like mbappé
Dave Garia chill out man. It’s not like Kidd was ever known for his defense
11:18 this was insaneeeeee
This Spain team is crazy stacked with talents. But Kobe is just a GOAT that Mamba mode in 4th quarter is just insane
Im spanish and I feel proud of my team and how we did. Congratulations to USA for the well deserved gold and we will never stop fighting to achieve it!
@Etienne Tholence By your logic we need an all Native American team for it to be a US win. These men are as American as any white player, racist. 😑
Etienne Tholence if that was the case how come I ain’t seeing African Olympic teams winning gold
Etienne Tholence you wack
Etienne Tholence You wouldn’t say that in person 🤐
You should be... playing against the PRIME of these NBA GREATS and still this close of a game... that Spanish team is a scary team!!! Congratulations!
"This was the day that Lebron's dream came true when he came to play with Kobe Bryant on the same team" RIP black mamba and Mambacita will be legend forever.
That Kobe 3 pointer to ice the game was so iconic, Kobe had soo many legendary moments but this one tops it all, shush the crowd & everything
This is the best Olympic basketball game I've ever watched because it's the only time I ever saw a USA team have to put in work in order to beat their opponent. It was exciting in the 4th quarter which has been rare since the USA started sending NBA players. I'm still waiting for the day when other countries can fill their entire roster with NBA players.
Spain was hooping 😭
Rubio lookin like the high school musical zac efron 😂😂
😅😅
Lmao
Nicholas Garcia wildcats 🤣
This Spain team is scary too!
Abid Naufal Hilmy exactly
If the U.S. team hadn't prepared so well before the Olympics, then the champion of men's basketball in Beijing Olympic Games must be Spain, which is probably the strongest team in the history of men's basketball besides the Dream Team.
@@rozier581 obviously not if they got beat by the U.S. team
@@randytta_yanto and what about greece when win the dream team
@@rozier581 wrong, the best team is serbia(former yugoslawia) with 3 gold medals as yugoslawia and 2 as serbia..
Hats off to Spain. Amazing performance
"Body's flying everywhere, no call...😤." at this point is when I realised how much heat Spain had brought into this game playing against a whole All Star team. My Best Spain National Bball team ever💥
What an incredible game 🙌🙌🙌SPAIN really knew how to handle one of the best generation of American basketball players.... Just amazing to witness 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏
Spain had great ball movement.
Dwade was something else back then and was the MVP of that team. Combination of strength speed agility and finesse. He had a solid jumpshot and nobody could guard him at all. This was probably the best version of him, and his best individual year in the Nba season was that upcoming season coming back from injury. People thought he wasn't going to be the same but he came back even better and stronger. Unstoppable on offence and a defensive monster. One of the greatest players to ever play this game.
Hes indeed have great shot but his range was not that far mid range is his spot
its so dumb when you hear the idiot sports media say star players cant coexist and there is not enough balls etc.
Bankai Master 💯💯💯💯💯💯💥
@Michael Oates///The truth is he could had better career than Kobe even LJ. He was injured in game 7 in 05, comes back and annihilates everyone in 06 playoffs. Only at the height of his peak to dislocate his shoulder. Had he not been injured those 2 pivotal years he probably would of been a 2-3 time champion. Spurs played very similar to Mavs a team he just dismantled he had great chance to either in 05 or 07.///
Could have, would have, should have....all empty talk.
Wade was great, no doubt. But LBJ will go down as unambiguously the better player, and Kobe (to a lesser degree) as well. Wade's only championship is marred by the fact that the referees gave him every call. Besides that, he's won virtually nothing without Lebron leading.
Exactly bro, he's side to side lateral movement is more killer than the typical euro step + the speed from 0 to 100 in split sec. Top 3 SG of all time (Jordan,Kobe,Wade)
This Spain Roster can easily become a Nba Champion if one team caters them all.
That Rudy Fernandez dude randomly posterizing Howard got me jumping out of my couch
Its left to us to carry on his legacy in each of our lives.
No
What? I didn't even know this man, I'm gonna carry on another man legacy??? Nah bro quit idolizing
@@coryknapp5418 I didnt know MLK either. I carry on his legacy, thats not idolizing "bro". You do you.
U carrying on somebodys "legacy"? Call it what u want u on another man tip in your heart
So let me get this straight....Cory you come to watch Kobe videos on CZcams, take the time to read the comments, take the time to comment on the comments. Then want to say someone else is on Kobe’s “tip”. Ok Cory ok.
R.I.P Kobe Bryant. He will be greatly missed!
Yes 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️⚰️📜📜📜🙃🙃🙃🙃🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🤝🤝🤝😇😇😇
29:06 That smile... I'm in tears QQ
Pure basketball. Sarap panoorin.
Dito talaga ko napabilib ng Spain. Plus 18 y/o Rubio that time.
Am a LeBron fan pero missing you Kobe.
11:15 best move of the night on the best defender in the game.
to be honest, Spain played very well
Lai Alan why you lying?
They are an actual team , USA is just stacked names with no chemistry
@@Yungtisa fact. Team USA is just so talented that they bust everyone's asses. I wonder what would they look like if they have elite chemistry.
@@Yungtisa idiot usa teamamtes have the best chemistry....cant u see their ball movement
Robert Phillips the original dream team needed a lot of chemistry before the olympics. Their coach said while practicing against a college team, they were very bad with each other. And got beaten very badly as well. You need chemistry between the greatest players or else they’ll just lose and lose. This was from the Dream Team Documentary
Ricky Rubio playing against a USA team full of legends when he was still 17 Yrs old, respect
19:58 tremenda clavada de Rudy Fernández!!!
Hay mejores Clavadas como la que le hizo WADE A TU PAUL GASOL EN EL PARTIDO DD FADE DE GRUPO LS APLASTARON. DE +30 LOS AMERICANOS CON TAN PICO TIEMPO JUGANDO JTOS DIERON LA CARA A UNA SELECCION QUE ERA CAMPEONA DEL MUNDO QUE LLEVABAN MUCHOS AÑOS JUGANDO JTOS Y AMI ME SORPRENDE MAS LS AMERICANOS QUE TODOS SON BUENOS Y SUS EGOS LS DEJARON PR REPRESENTAR AL MEJOR PAÍS QUE JUEGA ESTE DEPORTE Y LS VOLVIERON A GANAR EN LONDRES Y SE LA APLICARON EN SEMIS EN RIO Y EN EL PARTIDO DE EXHIBICION CON JUGARORES QUE CASI NOO JUEGAN JTOS SE LS VOLVIERON APLICAR.
@@alfonsoaranda3808 , tranquilo chaval, no te pongas nervioso. 😆
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@@ignacioruizsanchez9589 el Novato eres tú carnalito yaa hiciste tu primera novatada
@@alfonsoaranda3808 Acomplejado, sigue rabiando que la envidia no se cura... jajajaja
@@alfonsoaranda3808 ya, los Estados Unidos serán los mejores, pero su país de origen no es ni la mitad de España en baloncesto
Rudys dunk on howard was legendary
Dunk on?
This Spain team was so legit. RIP Kobe
The greatest game in the history of USA Basketball. Kobe put the team on his back in the clutch. I rioted in the living room when he got the four point play. 21:17
one of the greatest games of all times. Those USA team and Spain team were really amazing. I enjoyed this final so much.
I'm sure this will get a lot of play after Kobe's death. I remember this game well, and the most memorable thing about it was that the U.S. would have suffered one of the most embarrassing losses in the history of basketball if not for the clutch play of Kobe. This was probably the 2nd or 3rd best team that has ever been assembled (anywhere), in terms of the talent level. Kobe saved our asses!!!
That's why they started the program, so they don't get embarrassed again.
2nd best for sure, nothing beats the dream team. Imagine prime Dwight, Tayshaun and Kid were reserves.
Embarassed? Man Spain was great. If u would ve lost It would ve be deserved. I think
Sergio Torres Diaz de Cevallos not in America we are basketball gods👑
@@sergiotorresdiazdecevallos5657 Look at who was on that U.S. basketball team. It would have gone down as the most embarrassing loss in the history of the U.S. basketball team, and probably would have never been topped.
I really wish this dude wouldn’t tell us everything that happened before it happens 🤦🏻♂️
Exactly smh
yea... i dont know why they didnt just use the live commentary... Even though I know what happens this commentator is ruining the video.
Then watch the whole thing... Its clearly a re-cap and your own fault for watching it.
This is old relax. You can just watch highlights or whole thing.
@@FFx16459 what? But ppl like me who didnt know who one was annoying that this dude had to spoil the outcome in the last seconds.
Pedazo de partido hizo España. Les plantó cara a los más grandes de este deporte durante todo el partido.👏👏👏
Que partido viste amigo? Diferencia de 10 desde el primer cuarto.
@@gerargento déjame adivinar, tercermundista sudamericano?
@@gerargento qué partido viste tú? A falta de 2:10 para el final iban 108 - 104. Esto sucedió en 2008, hace unos días leí que “Una árbitro de Pekín'08 denuncia que se pitó deliberadamente a favor de EEUU” en España hubo bastante indignación por los pasos que sucesivamente se comían de los americanos… Te convenza o no, que 14 años después se siga hablando del partido y del arbitraje puede darte a la idea que no fue ningún paseo para EEUU y que España pudo haberse colgado el oro por juego, sobre la cancha y contra todo pronóstico.
@@gerargento pobre, go home‼️
D Wade in his prime was so good defensively. He was he unsung hero of this 2008 team.
"Unsung hero" lol. He was generally considered as the best performer of the team in this tournament.
@@mcoeif no, he wasn't. I was there. It was Kobe and Melo who were considered the best performers on that team.
kobe's clutch three + his celebration is iconic.
theo.fanis ikr
theo.fanis don’t forget Carlos arroyo did it better and first . And against USA . Thats Arroyo trade mark and it will never be duplicated . 100x35 little island defeated 2,680x1,582 country
@@yancynunez5387 nobody cares were talking about Kobe here
GOAT KOBE
Theofanis Pantazis j0rdan23
Spain is so underrated.
I had no idea their basketball team is this good
Spain and Serbia are currently no2 in the world.
Spanish basketball culture is no joke! You can hoop everywhere because there are lots of outsidecourts
They are the Europe champions for so many years
They are not under rated at all bro. I believe they are ranked #2 in the world.
Hello!?
I'm 5y younger than Rubio, so 13 when this game was played. As a spanish teen I didnt realize at the time what an exceptional generation we had. From a 40M people country we had a basketball team that dominated european basketball and went one to one with ond of the all time dream teams. We also had one of the most dominant and top 3 of all time football selection, stacked with elite players in all positions. At that time it was also golden era for Alonso. And the one that is for me the best spanish sportman ever, Don Rafael Nadal, that was winning grand slams back to back and arguably best tennis player of all time. Just amazing
Still watching this for Kobe’s memory. RIP, always in my heart...
When you watch this again after learning that Kobe spoke Spanish, knowing he spoke to the Spaniards in Spanish just brings a whole new excitement to this game
21:25 real crowd silencer
Spain played like champs, with an crazy all star calibre team against them...they brought up a fight 💪
Came here after watching Netflix’s documentary of the 2008 Redeem Team.
R.I.P. Kobe 24+8+10🐍🖤
Kobe Won Gold AND back to back championships
Dead
Great game from Spain. What a great team! Great victory for the USA. This was a fantastic olympic final. 👍🏻 Thanks for posting.
This is the most professional basketball on Earth. You cannot find higher level than this.
Kobe's joy after receiving his gold medal was priceless. I really missed kobe dnag
Congrats spain for the 2019 fiba champion and ricky rubio mvp
Laborce Kharl
No one cares
@@safdon2741 👏👏👏👏😂😂🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
But USA don't bring the stars!
Congrats on a braver more patriotic win. If only Americans could stop eating cheeseburgers like embid we could have at least have a skinnier more athletic Marcus Smart 🤷♂️🥂🥳🥳🥳
Hey, buddy we beat the British in a war. So... 🙃
Not even gonna lie, Rubio was putting the works on everyone, even the prime Hall Of Famers
+Respect
but hes a bricklayer
IcyDaze not even. Maybe that Fernandez guy though
The way Kobe congratulated the whole Spain team after the game, class sportsmanship
Here after watching Tokyo 2020 France vs USA to recover.
🤣
🤣🤣🤣
rematch for the Gold Medal tomrrow!!
USA won the gold medal 🤔
Now Spain has won it finally for FIBA 2019. Congratulations Spain.!!!
18:40 never gets old..
Shaq kobe"?
If there was "3 seconds" in this game, which I'm not sure of the rules, Dwight Howard was in the lane for literally 8 seconds. But anyway RIP Kobe.
2nd GOAT... Way ahead of Lebrun!
Hmm Lebron, Wade, and Bosh seem really friends here. I wonder if they’re up to something….
Watching in 2021 and man this is great commentary
This was an all-time great game. Spains golden genaration took the redeem team and those hall of famers to the end. Both teams played great basketball all the way to the end.
That Spain team was very entertaining to watch. Reminds me of how the Spurs played.
Their teamwork is amazing.
Yeah! Especially their shooting guard! He was attacking ferociously just like Manu did all those years
Losers
@@kishanchali8752 clown
SwordFish guess you an iso for a reason
i remember sitting like mid day with my sons mom eating at a place where i choose to watch this game. And i tell you it was on if the greatest basketball games i ever saw to this day top 3. Kobe was amazing that game.
Spain played amazing 👌
21:18 The best 3-pointer of the Olympics Basketball game since 1936 and forever.
Descanse em paz, Kobe. Essa foi a primeira olimpíadas que assisti. Lembro desse timaço. Foi logo após Kobe e os Lakers perderam a final pro Celtics. Comecei acompanhar NBA e basquete por causa do Kobe. Muito triste com sua morte. Lenda eterna.
Rip Kobe , magnificent skills, great player , I love you !
I can't lie, the Bejing Olympics was fun to watch, especially seeing our boys from Team USA dominate the world. You can tell these guys had so much fun playing together. It must've been a great time for them on and off the court. Kobe even said winning gold with those guys was better than winning an NBA championship because you're representing the country and not just one city. This was truly a great, memorable Summer.
Just to put it in perspective... Usa team had to put in all to win the match, with a roster full of hall of farmers(and top 10 of all history) in their prime...against Spanish team. Very proud of my country... Always putting heart & effort to the max in sports (Nadal is the best example).
this Spanish team has to be the best international basketball team ever assembled
luvtotrade2009 you most not have heard of yugoslavia in the late 80s and 90s
@@markohrga7427 I have but this 2008 Spanish team is much more athletic and have much better shooters than any international team ever assembled in the past I believe.
Man I just finished watching MJ’s speech again after that day which brings us endless pain.And I cried again just like MJ did in the video. Man I mean he was the most hardworking man in this world. I was inspired by his story just like many kids in the world that kinda feel is really hard to be expressed fully. Why him
Straight competition in this setting. No business, no favoritism, no bias like in the NBA. Basketball at it's realest.
Kobe... thanks for all the memories and clutch moments... legends will always live on... 😭😭😭
The Gasol Bros dominated the game but Kobe and Dwade saved the day.
2008 Kobe was the most complete version of himself. Athletic, yet still so skillful.
Personally, I think it was 05-06. That's when his athletic ability was paired best with his skill. No surprised that's when he averaged 35. By 2008, Kobe lost a step in athletic ability. Obviously, still in his prime at that point tho.
total respect for this spanish team man!!!!
One of my favorite Kobe games ever, alongside the 81 pt game and his final game. RIP Mamba, I still can't believe you're gone.
One of the Greatest Basketball Games ever played. This Spain team was loaded with great NBA players 1-9. This was the greatest USA team ever assembled and the game was tight throughout the whole match.
From the passion, speed and closeness of the game, this is basketball at its finest.
One of the best basketball games I have ever watched. This is a classic.
2008 Spain is the best Olympic team. If not for Kobe and DWade the US would lose in this game.
Spain the only team that could play face to face with the USA
Argentina?
Lithuanians in 2004 Olympics have beaten USA
@@Lukas-yp6sr SPAIN also beat USA in 2002 World Cup, but this 2008 USA team is another level, best USA team ever, along with 1992 dream team.
@@Lukas-yp6sr Lituania, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Greece, Spain... have beaten USA. But only Spain was able to play face to face with this dream team and almost winning.
The other teams could... for a while. But this Spain team was able to match the speed (could go up and down the court just like US) and IQ just not the athleticism and talent level.
The best match in olympic Basketball history.
Harbiden oyle :D
manu getting disrespected argentina vs serbia 2004 best by far
@@homesol6685 The Argentina Serbia game is more interesting, you don't know who is going to win. This game here is mostly USA having a comfortable lead the whole game. But Spain did great to stay within ok distance.
Amazing How great this Spain national team system was. Having a teenager as the starting PG!
Usa had the 1 and 2 Goats of basketball
If Spain won this game, it could been best win in BASKETBALL HISTORY. Pity wade got hot
Kobe Bryant smiling brings tears to my eyes yet motivates me great things come to those who work for it