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2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski
2008 Summer Olympics
Scoring leader	Dwyane Wade 16.0
Rebounding leader	Chris Bosh 6.9
Assists leader	Chris Paul 4.0
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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]

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.^[4]

Record

Preliminary round

The team competed in Group B of the preliminary round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

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


August 10, 2008
United States	101 – 70	China
August 12, 2008
Angola	76 – 97	United States
August 14, 2008
United States	92 – 69	Greece
August 16, 2008
Spain	82 – 119	United States
August 18, 2008
United States	106 – 57	Germany

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

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

United States men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Carlos Boozer	26 – (1981-11-20)November 20, 1981	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Utah Jazz
G	5	Jason Kidd	35 – (1973-03-23)March 23, 1973	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Dallas Mavericks
F	6	LeBron James	23 – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Cleveland Cavaliers
G	7	Deron Williams	24 – (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Utah Jazz
G	8	Michael Redd	28 – (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Milwaukee Bucks
G	9	Dwyane Wade	26 – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Miami Heat
G	10	Kobe Bryant (C)	29 – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Los Angeles Lakers
C	11	Dwight Howard	22 – (1985-12-08)December 8, 1985	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Orlando Magic
F/C	12	Chris Bosh	24 – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Toronto Raptors
G	13	Chris Paul	23 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	New Orleans Hornets
F	14	Tayshaun Prince	28 – (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Detroit Pistons
F	15	Carmelo Anthony	24 – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Denver Nuggets