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Michael Redd celebrated his 29th birthday in unimaginable style, celebrating a gold medal victory with his USA teammates at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Getty)

Americans overcome battling Spain to win gold medal game

Posted: August 24, 2008 | by FIBA.com

The United States sent their best to the Beijing Games and it’s a good thing they did because the Americans needed every weapon in their arsenal to beat Spain in the gold medal game at the Olympics.

After steamrolling the competition and charging into the final as huge favourites, Team USA had to put on an incredible shooting performance to win 118-107.

Mike Krzyzewski’s team hit a phenomenal 13 of 28 (46%) from three-point range with Dwyane Wade nailing four on the way to a game-high 27 points.

“I am proud of our guys,” Krzyzewski said.

“We played with great character in one of the great games of international basketball history, I think.

“If we didn't have great character we wouldn't have been able to beat another team that had great character.

“Spain were fabulous. Everything we did, we tried to stop them, we couldn't stop them completely and it was a great basketball game where everybody involved played at the highest level.

“It brought out the best in us. We are ecstatic about winning the gold medal." --- Full Story

To view Team USA's complete training schedule, please visit USA Basketball's schedule page.

TEAM USA PRE-OLYMPIC SCHEDULE:

Date	Team	Opponent	Time (CT)	TV	Preview / Recap
Fri, Jul 25	USA	Canada	7:00 p.m.	ESPN	W, 120-65 \| box \| recap \| quotes
Thu, Jul 31	USA	Turkey	7:00 a.m.	ESPN2	W, 114-82 \| box \| recap \| photos
Fri, Aug 1	USA	Lithuania	7:00 a.m.	ESPN2	W, 120-84 \| box \| recap \| photos
Sun, Aug 3	USA	Russia	2:00 a.m.	ESPN2	W, 89-68 \| box \| recap \| photos
Tue, Aug 5	USA	Australia	7:00 a.m.	ESPN2	W, 87-76 \| box \| recap \| photos

TEAM AUSTRALIA PRE-OLYMPIC SCHEDULE:

Date	Team	Opponent	Time (CT)	TV	Preview / Recap
Wed, Jul 30	AUS	China	3:00 a.m.	--	W, 67-55 \| box \| recap \| photos
Thu, Jul 31	AUS	Angola	3:00 a.m.	--	W, 81-78 \| box \| recap \| photos
Fri, Aug 1	AUS	Argentina	8:30 a.m.	--	L, 91-95 \| box \| recap \| photos
Tue, Aug 5	AUS	USA	7:00 a.m.	ESPN2	L, 76-87 \| box \| recap \| photos

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

Date	Team	Opponent	Time (CT)	TV	Preview / Recap
Sun, Aug 10	AUS	Croatia	7:00 a.m.	--	L, 97-82 \| box \| recap
Sun, Aug 10	USA	China	9:15 a.m.	NBC	W, 101-70 \| box \| recap \| photos
Tue, Aug 12	USA	Angola	7:00 a.m.	USA	W, 97-76 \| box \| recap
Tue, Aug 12	AUS	Argentina	9:15 a.m.	--	L, 68-85 \| box \| recap \| photos
Wed, Aug 13	AUS	Iran	10:15 p.m.	--	W, 106-68 \| box \| recap \| photos
Thu, Aug 14	USA	Greece	7:00 a.m.	USA	W, 92-69 \| box \| recap \| photos
Fri, Aug 15	AUS	Russia	10:15 p.m.	--	W, 95-80 \| box \| recap \| photos
Sat, Aug 16	USA	Spain	9:15 a.m.	USA	W, 119-82 \| box \| photos
Sun, Aug 17	AUS	Lithuania	10:15 p.m.	--	W, 106-75 \| box \| recap \| photos
Mon, Aug 18	USA	Germany	7:00 a.m.	USA	W, 106-57 \| box \| recap \| photos

QUARTERFINALS:

Date	Team	Opponent	Time (CT)	TV	Preview / Recap
Wed, Aug 20	USA	Australia	7:00 a.m.	USA	W, 116-85 \| box \| recap \| photos
Wed, Aug 20	AUS	USA	7:00 a.m.	USA	L, 116-85 \| box \| recap \| photos