Dream Team

:For the TV series of the same name, see Dream Team.

Dream Team I

Dream Team I featured Michael Jordan, and a number of others among those who are considered the best basketball players in history:

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Team roster

• Charles Barkley, of the Phoenix Suns
• Larry Bird, of the Boston Celtics
• Clyde Drexler, of the Portland Trail Blazers
• Patrick Ewing, of the New York Knicks
• Magic Johnson, retired, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers
• Michael Jordan, of the Chicago Bulls
• Christian Laettner, of Duke University
• Karl Malone, of the Utah Jazz
• Chris Mullin, of the Golden State Warriors
• Scottie Pippen, of the Chicago Bulls
• David Robinson, of the San Antonio Spurs
• John Stockton, of the Utah Jazz

Because of this star line-up, the team's games usually began with the opposite team taking pictures of their opponents - their idols.

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The team won all of its games by huge margins, beating Croatia in the gold medal game by 32 points. Whilst the opportunity to see the game's greats playing together was appreciated, the team's occasionally belittling attitude to opponents was not.

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Interestingly, Stockton was the only Dream Team member to wear his normal number in the Olympics (12). In fact, he was the only Dream Team member who could wear his normal number. In international tournaments, player numbers are restricted to those between 4 and 15; all other Dream Team members normally wore numbers outside the allowable range.

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Although the first Dream Team is considered the greatest collection of

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players ever assembled half (six of the twelve) never won an NBA titile:

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Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Christian Laettner, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin and John Stockton

Related Topics:
Charles Barkley - Patrick Ewing - Christian Laettner - Karl Malone - Chris Mullin - John Stockton

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Results at the 1992 Tournament of the Americas in Portland

• USA 136 Cuba 57
• USA 105 Canada 61
• USA 112 Panama 52
• USA 128 Argentina 87
• USA 119 Puerto Rico 81
• USA 120 Venezuela 80

Results at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona

• USA 111 France 71 (Pre-Olympics in Monte Carlo, Monaco)
• USA 116 Angola 48
• USA 103 Croatia 70
• USA 111 Germany 68
• USA 127 Brazil 83
• USA 122 Spain 81
• USA 115 Puerto Rico 77
• USA 127 Lithuania 76
• USA 117 Croatia 85

Final standings at Barcelona 1992

• United States (8-0)
• Croatia (6-2)
• Lithuania (6-2)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (5-3)
• Brazil (4-4)
• Australia (4-4)
• Germany (3-5)
• Puerto Rico (3-5)
• Spain (3-4)
• Angola (2-5)
• Venezuela (2-5)
• China (0-7)