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2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team
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The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the "Redeem Team", a play on the "Dream Team" name for the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, and a reference to the fact that the United States came away with disappointing bronze medals during the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Former Phoenix Suns chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo was named managing director of the national team program by the USA Basketball Executive Committee in 2005.[1] Kobe Bryant was named the team captain and Mike Krzyzewski was named the head coach of the 2008 team.[2] An ESPN program, Road to Redemption, followed the team's preparations. Additionally, a Netflix produced documentary titled The Redeem Team was released in 2022.[3]
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Team USA defeated its opponents by an average of 27.9 points.[4] The United States defeated Spain 118–107 in the final to win the gold. Dwyane Wade was the leading scorer for team USA averaging 16 points per game.[5]
In September 2025, the entire team was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with two of its members, Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, also being inducted as players at that time.[6] With the Hall of Fame inductions, 6 players (Anthony, Chris Bosh, Bryant, Howard, Jason Kidd, and Wade) and two coaches (Jim Boeheim and Krzyzewski) have been inducted individually into the Naismith Hall of Fame.
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Record
Preparation Matches: USA Basketball International Challenge
| July 25, 2008 | |||
United States  | 120 – 65 |  Canada | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas |
| July 31, 2008 | |||
| United States | 114 – 82 |  Turkey | Cotai Arena, Macau |
| August 1, 2008 | |||
| United States | 120 – 84 |  Russia | Cotai Arena, Macau |
| August 3, 2008 | |||
| United States | 89 – 68 |  Australia | Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Shanghai |
| August 5, 2008 | |||
| United States | 87 – 76 |  Germany | Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Shanghai |
Preliminary round
The team competed in Group B of the preliminary round.
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
| August 10, 2008 | |||
| United States | 101 – 70 |  China | Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing |
| August 12, 2008 | |||
Angola  | 76 – 97 | United States | Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing |
| August 14, 2008 | |||
| United States | 92 – 69 |  Greece | Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing |
| August 16, 2008 | |||
Spain  | 82 – 119 | United States | Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing |
| August 18, 2008 | |||
| United States | 106 – 57 | Germany | Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing |
Tournament bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 |  Lithuania
| 94 | ||||||||||||
| B4 | China
| 68 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Lithuania
| 86 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 91 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 72 | ||||||||||||
| A3 |  Croatia
| 59 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Spain
| 107 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 118 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 116 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Australia
| 85 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United States
| 101 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A2 |  Argentina
| 81 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Argentina
| 80 | A1 | Lithuania
| 75 | |||||||||
| B3 | Greece
| 78 | A2 | Argentina
| 87 | |||||||||
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Roster
The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[7]
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