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