Five Facts About Rio Olympic Basketball

+ A United States lineup of NBA stars will be heavy favorites to capture America's 15th gold medal in men's basketball, the third in a row and sixth in seven tries since the USA "Dream Team" era began in 1992 at Barcelona with a Michael Jordan-led superstar squad. The USA men are 130-5 in Olympic play and on a 17-game Olympic win streak from the 1994 Athens bronze medal game. The first US defeat was a controversial loss to the Soviet Union in the 1972 Munich final in which the last seconds were replayed three times, the Americans surrendering the winning basket on the Soviet's last try.

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