2010 United States men's FIBA World Championship team

Basketball team

The United States men's national basketball team won the gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The team was an entirely rebuilt squad without a single member from its 2008 Olympic gold-medal team. The 2010 team relied heavily on a small lineup to win its first World Championship since 1994. They were led by 21-year-old Kevin Durant, who was the tournament's most valuable player. The U.S. automatically qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London, and overtook Argentina for the No. 1 world ranking.

Roster

With none of the 2008 Olympians on the roster, the team was derisively called a "B-Team." The team featured six players 22 years old or younger and only one true center in Tyson Chandler. The team was projected to field a powerful inside-oriented team, but contractual issues with Amar'e Stoudemire and an injury to David Lee forced them to withdraw from the team on the opening day of training camp, and Brook Lopez was also unavailable due to injuries.

Head coach: Mike Krzyzewski

#	Pos	Name	Date of Birth	Height	Club
4	G	Chauncey Billups	(1976-09-25)September 25, 1976 (age 33)	6'3" (191)	Denver Nuggets
5	F	Kevin Durant	(1988-09-29)September 29, 1988 (age 21)	6'9" (206)	Oklahoma City Thunder
6	G	Derrick Rose	(1988-10-04)October 4, 1988 (age 21)	6'3" (191)	Chicago Bulls
7	G	Russell Westbrook	(1988-11-12)November 12, 1988 (age 21)	6'3" (191)	Oklahoma City Thunder
8	F	Rudy Gay	(1986-09-17)September 17, 1986 (age 23)	6'8" (203)	Memphis Grizzlies
9	G	Andre Iguodala	(1984-01-28)January 28, 1984 (age 26)	6'6" (198)	Philadelphia 76ers
10	F	Danny Granger	(1983-04-20)April 20, 1983 (age 27)	6'8" (203)	Indiana Pacers
11	G	Stephen Curry	(1988-03-14)March 14, 1988 (age 22)	6'3" (191)	Golden State Warriors
12	G	Eric Gordon	(1988-12-25)December 25, 1988 (age 21)	6'3" (191)	Los Angeles Clippers
13	C	Kevin Love	(1988-09-07)September 7, 1988 (age 21)	6'10" (208)	Minnesota Timberwolves
14	F	Lamar Odom	(1979-11-06)November 6, 1979 (age 30)	6'10" (208)	Los Angeles Lakers
15	C	Tyson Chandler	(1982-10-02)October 2, 1982 (age 27)	7'1" (216)	Dallas Mavericks

Preliminary round

Further information: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	455	331	+124	10	Eighth–finals
2	Slovenia	5	4	1	393	376	+17	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	398	354	+44	8
4	Croatia	5	2	3	395	407	−12	7
5	Iran	5	1	4	301	367	−66	6
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	300	407	−107	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Croatia

August 28
19:00

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United States	106–78	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 26–6, 30–22, 28–30
Pts: Gordon 16 Rebs: Love 10 Asts: Billups, Curry, Westbrook 4		Pts: Bogdanović 17 Rebs: Tomić 8 Asts: Ukić 4

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)

Slovenia

August 29
16:30

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Slovenia	77–99	United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 17–19, 18–25, 31–32
Pts: Nachbar 13 Rebs: Nachbar 4 Asts: Dragić, Bečirović 4		Pts: Durant 22 Rebs: Love 11 Asts: Rose, Billups 5

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: José Martín (ESP), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

Brazil

August 30
21:30

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United States	70–68	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 21–18, 18–13, 9–9
Pts: Durant 27 Rebs: Durant 10 Asts: Billups 3		Pts: Marquinhos 16 Rebs: Splitter 10 Asts: Huertas 5

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

Iran

September 1
19:00

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Iran	51–88	United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–23, 11–20, 12–26
Pts: Haddadi 19 Rebs: Kazemi, Haddadi 5 Asts: Davoudi 2		Pts: Love 13 Rebs: Love, Chandler 6 Asts: Curry 5

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: David Chambon (FRA), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL)

Tunisia

September 2
16:30

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United States	92–57	Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 20–20, 24–13, 29–13
Pts: Gordon 21 Rebs: Iguodala 6 Asts: 6 tied with 2		Pts: Kechrid 15 Rebs: Mejri 8 Asts: Dhifallah 2

Abdi İpekçi Arena, Istanbul
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Recep Ankarali (TUR), Carlos José Julio (ANG), Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto (COL)

Final round

Further information: 2010 FIBA World Championship knockout stage

Round of 16 – Angola

September 6
18:00

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United States	121–66	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 32–25, 26–18, 30–10
Pts: Billups 19 Rebs: Odom 8 Asts: Rose, Westbrook 6		Pts: Gomes 21 Rebs: Ambrosio 7 Asts: Morais 4

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Milivoje Jovcic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Quarterfinals – Russia

9 September
18:00

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United States	89–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 19–14, 26–17, 19–23
Pts: Durant 33 Rebs: Odom 12 Asts: Billups 5		Pts: Bykov 17 Rebs: Vorontsevich 12 Asts: Khvostov 5

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Reynaldo Antonio Mercedes Sanchez (DOM), José Martín (ESP), Jakob Zamojski (POL)

Semifinals – Lithuania

11 September
19:00

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United States	89–74	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 19–15, 23–26, 24–21
Pts: Durant 38 Rebs: Odom 10 Asts: Billups, Rose, Westbrook 3		Pts: Javtokas 15 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Kalnietis, Mačiulis, Pocius, Delininkaitis 2

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Marcos Fornies Benito (BRA)

Final – Turkey

12 September
21:30

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Turkey	64–81	United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 15–20, 16–19, 16–20
Pts: Türkoğlu 16 Rebs: İlyasova 11 Asts: Tunçeri 5		Pts: Durant 28 Rebs: Odom 11 Asts: Rose 6

Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Cristiano Jesus Maranho (BRA), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Juan Arteaga (ESP)

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FGM	Field goals made	FGA	Field goals attempted	FG%	Field goal percentage
3PM	3-point field goals made	3PA	3-point field goals attempted	3P%	3-point field goal percentage
FTM	Free throws made	FTA	Free throws attempted	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	RPG	APG	PPG
Kevin Durant	9	9	28.2	74	133	.556	26	57	.456	31	34	.912	6.1	1.8	22.8
Chauncey Billups	9	9	23.1	25	64	.391	14	44	.318	24	28	.857	1.9	3.1	9.8
Russell Westbrook	9	0	19.4	29	62	.468	3	7	.429	21	25	.840	2.8	2.6	9.1
Eric Gordon	9	0	17.6	27	59	.458	19	42	.452	4	5	.800	1.6	0.6	8.6
Derrick Rose	9	9	23.0	27	59	.458	5	18	.278	6	12	.500	2.1	3.2	7.2
Lamar Odom	9	9	22.0	28	52	.538	3	4	.750	5	10	.500	7.7	0.4	7.1
Rudy Gay	9	0	13.4	22	45	.489	6	19	.316	13	18	.722	2.9	0.8	7.0
Kevin Love	9	0	8.9	20	35	.571	4	9	.444	7	9	.778	4.9	0.8	5.7
Andre Iguodala	9	9	18.9	20	34	.588	2	7	.286	9	19	.474	4.6	1.9	5.7
Stephen Curry	8	0	10.6	14	31	.452	7	19	.368	2	2	1.000	1.4	2.1	4.6
Danny Granger	7	0	9.7	12	30	.400	3	13	.231	2	5	.500	0.9	1.0	4.1
Tyson Chandler	9	0	8.4	9	14	.643	0	0	.000	5	10	.500	2.7	0.4	2.6
Total	9	9	200.0	307	618	.497	92	239	.385	129	176	.733	41.7	18.2	92.8
Opponents	9	9	200.0	217	569	.381	66	219	.301	114	173	.659	36.0	11.2	68.2

References

General

"2010 USA Men's World Championship Team Cumulative Statistics". usab.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.

Specific

Stein, Marc (August 29, 2014). "Team USA average age: 24.08". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014.
Stein, Marc (August 23, 2014). "U.S. roster has size emphasis". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014.
^ "Team USA stops Turkey, fills gold-medal void at FIBA worlds". USA Today. Associated Press. September 13, 2010. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015.
Thamel, Peter (September 12, 2010). "Durant Lifts Americans Back to Top at Worlds". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022.
McCallum, Jack (September 12, 2010). "Nothing short of incredible for Team USA in Turkey". SI.com.

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