Basketball In China

The 2008 Beijing Olympic was great while it lasted. Unforgettable games such as the USA vs Spain Olympic Gold Medal Game was a pleasure watching and one of the best. USA Womens Basketball kept things in check by winning yet another Gold Medal with Lisa Leslie on top is one of most game played in the Olympics by an American.

Wheelchair Basketball also had great moments in the Beijing Paralympic Basketball WheelChair Games. Australia Mens National Wheelchair Basketball team won gold over Canada who were quite favorite. On the womens side the USA Womens National Wheelchair Basketball team won its 2nd consecutive Paralympic Gold Medal over Germany!

Good Bye Beijing Basketball!

This is not the end however, there is lots of basketball in China that we will cover ALWAYS!

Australia Wins Paralympic Gold Medal after defeating Canada 72-60.

Down by four points at halftime, Australia dominated on offense in the third and fourth quarters to pull ahead of Canada. Australia, the silver medalist from the Athens Games, padded its lead in the last minute of play by hitting five free throws and a layup. Center Troy Sachs was the high scorer for the Australian team with 19 points. Teammates Justin Eveson and Shaun Norris combined for 33 points, and center Brad Ness had a game-high eight assists. Canada, the defending champion, could not match Australia’s scoring pace in the last quarter and missed several shots. Forward Patrick Anderson was the game’s high scorer with 22 points. Anderson and center Joey Johnson grabbed the most rebounds of the game (12 each), which ended with Canada’s first loss of the Beijing 2008 tournament.

Final Standings

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. Great Britain
4. USA
5. Germany

This is the second time in a row that the USA Womens Wheelchair Basketball Team has won a Gold Medal at the Olympics. After so much pressure to repeat they were able to do so with great effort over Germany 50-38.

Final Standings

1. USA (7-0)
2. Germany (5-2)
3. Australia (4-3)
4. Japan (5-2)
5. Canada (5-2)
6. Netherlands (3-4)
7. China (2-5)
8. Great Britain (1-6)
9. Mexico (1-4)
10. Brazil (0-5)

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USA Mens Basketball Team proved that they were going to win a gold medal with the performance that displayed against a great Spain Mens Basketball Team. All of the NBA superstars stepped up their game to another level and made plays down the stretch. Don’t disregard Spain either because top NBA names and rookies for 2009 showed their stuff in the Final Show Down in the 2008 Olympics.

Top Players USA

• Unsung Hero - Dwyane Wade
• All Around MVP - Lebron James
• Best Inside - Chris Bosh
• Top Point Guard - Chris Paul
• Sacrifice - Carmelo Anthony

Top Players Spain

• Spain’s Most Valuable - Pau Gasol
• Best Youth - Ricky Rubio
• Unstoppable - Rudy Fernandez
• Strength Down The Stretch - Juan Carlos Narvarro
• Biggest Disappointment - Jose Calderon

USA Womens Basketball Team defeated Australia to go undefeated in the Beijing Olympics by. The well anticipated game of the USA vs Australia was expected but not as easy as the USA finally defeated the Opals 92-65. Australia started the game strong but the overwhelming defense and offense of the USA helped put them over top of Australia. Lisa Leslie went on to win her fourth Gold Medal as an Olympian.

“I’m just so overwhelmed right now,” she said. “It’s really hard to put into words what we’ve been able to do in one month.

Notes: USA Womens Basketball Team have now won 33 games in a row during the Olympics since winning in 2000.

Top scorers:

USA: Lawson (15), Leslie (14), Fowles (13), Parker (14)

Australia: Snell (15), Jackson (20)

Russia defeated China for the Bronze: 94-81