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GAME NOTES | TOKYO - QUARTERFINALS USA BASKETBALL | 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS USA VS. SPAIN GAMEDAY Tuesday, August 3, 2021 •Team Records: USA (2-1), Spain (2-1) Saitama Super Arena •All-Time Olympic Series: USA is 12-0 vs. Spain •Broadcast Information: Peacock & NBC Olympics Tokyo, Japan - 12:40 a.m. EDT •Last Meeting: 2021 (MNT Exhibition) - USA won 83-76 MEN’S QUICK FACTS 2020 USA MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER •Durant Makes History: With 23 points on July 31, Kevin Durant NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE CURRENT TEAM/COLLEGE 13 Bam Adebayo C 6-10 255 24 Miami Heat/Kentucky (354 points) passed Carmelo 15 Devin Booker G 6-6 210 24 Phoenix Suns/Kentucky Anthony (336 points) as the all- 7 Kevin Durant G 6-9 240 32 Brooklyn Nets/Texas time leader in career points for a 9 Jerami Grant F 6-8 210 26 Detroit Pistons/Syracuse U.S. player in the Olympics. 14 Draymond Green F 6-7 230 30 Golden State Warriors/Mich. State All-Time Olympics Record: 140-6 12 Jrue Holiday G 6-3 229 31 Milwaukee Bucks/UCLA Olympic Medal Count: 4 Keldon Johnson G 6-5 220 21 San Antonio Spurs/Kentucky Gold - 15, Silver - 1, Bronze - 2 5 Zach LaVine G/F 6-5 208 26 Chicago Bulls/UCLA 6 Damian Lillard G 6-3 195 31 Portland Trail Blazers/Weber St. 11 JaVale McGee C 7-0 270 33 Denver Nuggets/Nevada USA 8 Khris Middleton F 6-7 217 29 Milwaukee Bucks/Texas A&M Schedule/Results 10 Jayson Tatum F 6-8 208 22 Boston Celtics/Duke Exhibition Games (Las Vegas) HEAD COACH: Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs ASSISTANT COACH: Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors ASSISTANT COACH: Lloyd Pierce, Indiana Pacers ASSISTANT COACH: Jay Wright, Villanova University All-Time MNT Exhibition Record: 56-4 MANAGING DIRECTOR: Jerry Colangelo Date Opponent W/L Score 7/10 Nigeria L 87-90 7/12 Australia L 83-91 7/13 Argentina W 108-80 7/16 Australia (canceled) 2020 SPAIN MEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER 7/18 Spain W 83-76 NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE CURRENT TEAM Olympic Games (Tokyo) 20 Alberto Abalde F 6-7 215 25 Real Madrid (Spain) 21 Álex Abrines G 6-6 200 28 FC Barcelona (Spain) All-Time Olympics Record: 140-6 10 Victor Claver F 6-9 225 32 Valencia Basket Club SAD 5 Rudy Fernandez G 6-5 185 36 Real Madrid (Spain) Date Opponent W/L Score 16 Usman Garuba F 6-8 230 19 Real Madrid (Spain) 7/25 France L 76-83 13 Marc Gasol C 7-1 255 36 Los Angeles Lakers 7/28 Iran W 120-66 4 Pau Gasol C 7-1 250 41 FC Barcelona (Spain) 7/31 Czech Republic W 119-84 14 Willy Hernangómez F 6-10 250 27 New Orleans Pelicans 8/3 Spain (Quarterfinals) - - 23 Sergio Llull G 6-4 205 33 Real Madrid (Spain) 8/5 Semifinals - - 3 Xabi Lopez-Arostegui F 6-7 215 24 Valencia Basket Club (Spain) 8/7 Finals - - 6 Sergio Rodriguez G 6-3 175 35 Olimpia Milano (Italy) 9 Ricky Rubio G 6-4 190 30 Minnesota Timberwolves HEAD COACH: Sergio Scariolo. ASSISTANT COACHES: Luis Guil and Angel Luis Sanchez Canete Calvo ONLINE •Website: usab.com •Twitter: @usabasketball CONTACT INFO •Instagram: @usabasketball For media information about the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, please •facebook.com/usabasketball contact Craig Miller or another member of the communications staff. Craig Miller #USABMNT #USABFAMILY (719-339-6593, [email protected]), Caroline Williams (719-271-4197, #TOKYO2020 #GOLDHABITS [email protected]), Jenny Johnston (719-271-4197, [email protected]) or Sam Coombs ([email protected]). 15X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS USA BASKETBALL | 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team Alphabetical Roster NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE* CURRENT TEAM COLLEGE 13 Bam Adebayo C 6-10 255 24 Miami Heat Kentucky 15 Devin Booker G 6-6 210 24 Phoenix Suns Kentucky 7 Kevin Durant G 6-9 240 32 Brooklyn Nets Texas 9 Jerami Grant F 6-8 210 27 Detroit Pistons Syracuse 14 Draymond Green F 6-7 230 31 Golden State Warriors Michigan State 12 Jrue Holiday G 6-3 229 31 Milwaukee Bucks UCLA 4 Keldon Johnson G 6-5 220 21 San Antonio Spurs Kentucky 5 Zach LaVine G/F 6-5 208 26 Chicago Bulls UCLA 6 Damian Lillard G 6-3 195 31 Portland Trail Blazers Weber State 11 JaVale McGee C/F 7-0 270 33 Denver Nuggets Nevada 8 Khris Middleton F 6-7 217 29 Milwaukee Bucks Texas A&M 10 Jayson Tatum F 6-8 208 23 Boston Celtics Duke Managing Director: Jerry Colangelo, USA Basketball Head Coach: Gregg Popovich, San Antonio Spurs Assistant Coach: Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors Assistant Coach: Lloyd Pierce, Indiana Pacers Assistant Coach: Jay Wright, Villanova University Athletic Trainer: Will Sevening, San Antonio Spurs Athletic Trainer: Jason Biles, Houston Rockets Athletic Trainer: Dionne Calhoun, Dallas Mavericks Team Physician: Dr. Riley Williams, Hospital for Special Surgery *Note: Age is as of August 8, 2021. U.S. Olympic Numerical Roster NO. NAME POS HGT WGT 4 Keldon Johnson G 6-5 220 5 Zach LaVine G/F 6-5 208 6 Damian Lillard G 6-3 195 7 Kevin Durant G 6-9 240 8 Khris Middleton F 6-7 217 9 Jerami Grant F 6-8 210 10 Jayson Tatum F 6-8 208 11 JaVale McGee C 7-0 270 12 Jrue Holiday G 6-3 229 13 Bam Adebayo C 6-10 255 14 Draymond Green F 6-7 230 15 Devin Booker G 6-6 210 15X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS USA BASKETBALL | 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS Olympic Games Men’s Basketball Schedule/Results PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUPS FINAL STANDINGS POOL A W-L POOL B W-L POOL C W-L 1. France 3-0 1. Australia 3-0 1. Slovenia 3-0 2. USA 2-1 2. Italy 2-1 2. Spain 2-1 3. Czech Republic 1-2 3. Germany 1-2 3. Argentina 1-2 4. Iran 0-3 4. Nigeria 0-3 4. Japan 0-3 PRELIMINARY ROUND QUARTERFINALS (The teams placed first and second in each preliminary group and the two best Sunday, July 25 (@Saitama Super Arena) third-placed teams in the Group phase qualified for the quarterfinals.) Group A Group B Czech Republic 84, Iran 78 Italy 92, Germany 82 Tuesday, August 3 (@Saitama Super Arena) Australia 84, Nigeria 67 10:00 a.m. Slovenia - Germany France 83, USA 76 1:40 p.m. Spain - USA 5:20 p.m. Italy - France 9:00 p.m. Australia - Argentina Monday, July 26 (@Saitama Super Arena) Group C Slovenia 118, Argentina 100 SEMIFINALS Spain 88, Japan, 77 Thursday, August 5 (@Saitama Super Arena) Wednesday, July 28 (@Saitama Super Arena) TBA Semifinals 1: Winner Italy/France - Winner Slovenia/Germany Group A Group B TBA Semifinals 2: Winner USA/Spain - Winner Australia/Argentina Germany 99, Nigeria 92 USA 120, Iran 66 (Game time are 1:15 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.) Australia 86, Italy 83 France 97, Czech Republic 77 FINALS Thursday, July 29 (@Saitama Super Arena) Saturday, August 7 (@Saitama Super Arena) Group C 11:30 p.m. Gold Medal Game: Slovenia 116, Japan 81 8:00 p.m. Bronze Medal Game: Spain 81, Argentina 71 Saturday, July 31 (@Saitama Super Arena) NOTES: Group A Group B All game times listed are Tokyo, Japan local time which is +13 hours France 79, Iran 62 from EDT. Italy 80, Nigeria 71 Australia 89, Germany 76 USA 119, Czech Republic 84 Sunday, August 1 (@Saitama Super Arena) Group C Argentina 97, Japan 77 Slovenia 95, Spain 87 15X OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS USA BASKETBALL | 2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS Kevin Durant is the New Olympic Scoring King Kevin Durant has played in a total of 19 Olympic games with those coming in 2012, 2016 and 2020. He has scored in double digits in all 19 games, seven times scoring over 20 points, and he recorded an Olympics high of 30 points in the 2012 gold medal win over Spain and matched the 30 points in the 2016 gold medal game victory over Serbia. His 30 point performances rank tied for the third most points scored in an Olympic game by a USA player. Durant, who also collected MVP honors in leading USA (12-0) vs. SPAIN - All-Time Olympic Series the USA to gold at the 2010 FIBA World Cup, has finished as the U.S. team’s leading scorer the past two Olympics – USA (16-2) vs. SPAIN - Senior National Team Games the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics. Owning the top two U.S. Olympic scoring marks (156 USA (5-0) vs. SPAIN - Senior National Team Exhibition Games. points in 2012 and 155 points in 2016), with 354 total points in Olympic games (18.6 ppg.), he ranks as the Americans all-time leader for points scored, passing Car- Connections: melo Anthony (336) on July 31 versus Czech Republic. Durant in USA all-time career Olympics statistics Spain Center Pau Gasol played for USA head lists first for points averaged (18.6), fourth for games coach Gregg Popovich on the San Antonio Spurs from played (19), third for rebounds (101), first for most field 2016-19 and was teammates with USA forward Khris goals made (117), third for field goals attempted (222), Middleton on the Milwaukee Bucks in 2019. first for 3-point field goals made (66), second for 3-point USA guard Devin Booker was teammates with field goals attempted (125), sixth for 3-point shooting Spain guard Ricky Rubio on the Phoenix Suns during the percentage (.528%), first for free throws made (54), third 2019-20 season.