Head coach | Lenny Wilkens |
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1996 Summer Olympics | ![]() |
Scoring leader | ![]() 12.4 |
Rebounding leader | ![]() 6.6 |
Assists leader | ![]() 4.5 |
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[2][3] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original "Dream Team", from the 1992 Olympic basketball tournament: Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, and David Robinson. Gary Payton was a late replacement for the injured Glenn Robinson.[4][5]
WAGERS were being taken on how badly Dream Team III would route Angola last night in Game 2 of its gold-medal tour.