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1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team

1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team

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The 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland from July 14 to August 2, 1952. Warren Womble was the team's head coach, and Phog Allen was the team's main assistant coach.[2] The team won its third straight Summer Olympics basketball gold medal.

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Roster

The team consisted of 14 members. It included five members of the Amateur Athletic Union's Peoria Caterpillars team and two Phillips 66ers. The team also featured seven players from the National Champion 1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, as well as their coach Phog Allen, who served as assistant on the team.

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1952 Team USA matches

25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 680
United States  66–48  Hungary
Scoring by half: 37–23, 27–25
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wabby (EGY)
25 July 1952 (1952-07-25)
OR p. 682
United States  72–47  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 35–21, 37–26
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Reverberi (ITA)
27 July 1952 (1952-07-27)
OR p. 683
United States  56–44  Uruguay
Scoring by half: 32–27, 24–17
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Chuard (SUI)
28 July 1952 (1952-07-28)
OR p. 684
United States  86–58  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 36–22, 50–36
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Siener (FRA), Wahby (EGY)
29 July 1952 (1952-07-29)
OR p. 684
United States  103–55  Chile
Scoring by half: 47–32, 56–23
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
30 July 1952 (1952-07-30)
OR p. 686
United States  57–53  Brazil
Scoring by half: 24–26, 33–27
Tennispalatsi, Helsinki
Referees: Wahby (EGY), Posvar (TCH)
31 July 1952 (1952-07-31)
OR p. 688
United States  85–76  Argentina
Scoring by half: 43–39, 42–37
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Ashri (EGY), Siener (FRA)
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
16:00
OR p. 688
United States  36–25  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 17–15, 19–10
Pts: Lovellette 9 Pts: Korkia 8
Messuhalli, Helsinki
Referees: Vanderperren (BEL), Wahby (EGY)

Final match up versus USSR

The final match up game was a very low scoring game. After only ten minutes, Team USA led 4–3. After USSR took a lead in the third quarter, Team USA began to display their offense by shooting well. Team USA won the game by 11 points. Lovellette scored nine points, while Kurland scored eight points.

Final standings

See also

References

  1. [1]
    1952 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men.
  2. [2]
    Games of the XVth Olympiad -- 1952.
  3. [3]
    "Games of the XVTH Olympiad -- 1952". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015.
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