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For Coach Spo, World Cup to showcase PH basketball fans

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 05:54 PM

With still over a year to go before the FIBA Basketball World Cup opens, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is already looking forward to making the trip to the Philippines. Read more »

Olympics: Steve Kerr to coach USA men’s basketball team

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 05:21 AM

Kerr has won 8 NBA championships as a player and a coach and was assistant coach on the most recent USA staff. Read more »

Don’t forget these other feats, moments at Tokyo Games

Gabby Layugan
Posted at Aug 17 10:30 AM

Which was the more accomplished USA basketball side — the men or the women? Which country had the most 4th-place finishes? Read more »

Colangelo exits USA Basketball empire draped in gold

Rob Dongiapon
Posted at Aug 13 08:35 AM

Jerry Colangelo oversaw a USA men’s basketball program that revived its juggernaut status after a few years in the doldrums. Read more »

US win seventh straight women's Olympic basketball title

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 12:52 PM

The United States swept past Japan to their seventh straight women's basketball crown Sunday. Read more »

‘Bonded for life’: Kevin Durant revels in his 3rd Olympic gold

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 12:31 AM

Durant has been the backbone of the team for a decade, scoring more Olympic points than any player in US men's basketball history. Read more »

USA beats Australia in Olympic basketball semis

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 05 09:52 PM

Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Devin Booker added 20 to power three-time defending champions United States past Australia, 97-78, Thursday and into an Olympic men's basketball final against either France or Slovenia. Read more »

US wary of Australian threat in women's basketball quarters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 04:14 PM

The United States are wary of a "formidable" Australia after the Opals staged a great escape to book a quarter-final showdown with their arch-rivals in the women's Olympic basketball tournament. Read more »

Olympics: Team USA draws Spain in men's basketball quarterfinals

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 11:41 AM

The Americans have beaten Spain in the past 3 Olympics -- in the 2016 semifinals and in the finals in 2012 and 2008. Read more »

Olympics: U.S. men get back on track, France keep rolling

Omar Mohammed, Reuters
Posted at Jul 29 09:11 AM

The United States got back on track on Wednesday in their quest for a fourth consecutive Olympic men's basketball gold medal with a 54-point blowout win over Iran. Read more »

Olympics: Japan women shock unbeaten U.S. in 3x3, as knockout stage looms

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 06:47 PM

Japan's women shocked an undefeated U.S. team packed with WNBA players on Tuesday as 3x3 basketball wound down to the elimination stage at its Olympics debut. Read more »

Olympics: Coach Pop says consistency key to US revival after France upset

Nicolas PRATVIEL, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 11:05 AM

USA coach Gregg Popovich says his star-studded team must discover more consistency if they are to successfully defend their Olympic basketball crown. Read more »

Olympics: Lillard says no panic on Team USA after shock defeat to France

Reuters
Posted at Jul 26 08:42 AM

Damian Lillard said the U.S. men's basketball team is not going to panic after losing to France on Sunday. Read more »

USA shocked by France in men's Olympic basketball

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 26 08:07 AM

A USA team led by 11-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant were beaten 83-76 by France on Sunday, snapping an Olympic winning streak stretching back to the 2004 Athens Games. Read more »

Team USA defeats 'punch in mouth' we needed, says Durant

Martin PARRY, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 09:37 AM

Kevin Durant Wednesday said two shock defeats for the USA leading into the Tokyo Olympics was the "punch in the mouth" they needed to fire them up as they search for a fourth consecutive gold medal. Read more »

NBA Finals rivals to become US Tokyo Olympic teammates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 09:11 AM

After battling each other for more than two weeks in the NBA Finals, Phoenix guard Devin Booker and Milwaukee stars Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton will quickly become US Olympic teammates.   Read more »

Team USA's Lavine not traveling with team to Tokyo

Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 09:10 AM

American guard Zach LaVine has entered health and safety protocols and will not fly to Tokyo. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: Bradley Beal (health protocols) ruled out for Team USA

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 08:51 AM

Further, forward Jerami Grant was placed under protocols "out of an abundance of caution," USA Basketball said. Read more »

Team WNBA takes down Team USA in All-Star Game

Field Level Media/Reuters
Updated as of Jul 15 11:36 AM

Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings pumped in a game-high 26 points Wednesday as Team WNBA won its All-Star Game in Las Vegas, 93-85 over Team USA. Read more »

Durant gets US back on track in Argentina blowout

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 09:07 AM

The United States bounced back from consecutive defeats to score a convincing 108-80 victory over Argentina in a pre-Olympic exhibition on Tuesday. Read more »