United States 104-83 Puerto Rico (Aug 3, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (2024)

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Final score: Team USA 104, Puerto Rico 83

Team USA beat Puerto Rico 104-83 behind 26 points from Anthony Edwards on Saturday to finish 3-0 in pool play and secure the No. 1 overall seed for the Olympic quarterfinals.

Here are the biggest takeaways from Team USA's 104-83 win over Puerto Rico -- a victory that propelled them into the quarterfinals as Group C winners.

Serbia led for more than 35 minutes of a 40-minute game, but the U.S. held the advantage when it counted. The final period belonged to Team USA, which outscored Serbia 32-15 to come back and take the lead for good on a Stephen Curry 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining in the 95-91 victory.

The 2004 Olympics will always live in infamy for USA Basketball. The loss to Puerto Rico in its tournament opener snapped a 25-game winning streak that dated back to its bronze-medal matchup in the 1988 Games. What probably made it worse was that it was Team USA's only double-digit loss in Olympic competition.

2024 Paris Olympics: Team USA eliminated from men's 3×3 tournament after loss to Netherlands.

The U.S. Congress instituted civil government in Puerto Rico with the Foraker Act (May 1900), under which the United States continued to exercise the controlling power, a condition that proved distasteful to many Puerto Ricans; as a consequence, the law was subsequently amended to give Puerto Ricans a wider role in the ...

Jose Alvarado and Davon Reed are the only two players in the Olympic roster who are based at NBA franchises or have played in the best league in the world. Alvarado signed four-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans in 2021. He has played 171 regular season games for New Orleans and four in the Play-In.

The U.S. men's basketball team wins a nail-biter over Serbia to play for Olympic gold. NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

NBA Highest-Scoring Record

The highest score was recorded on December 13, 1983, in the game between Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons, ended with the score of 184 to 186. The teams combined to score 370 points after 3 OT.

When did US not win gold in basketball? ›

Team USA men's basketball is on the verge of capturing five straight Olympic golds. Since settling for bronze in 2004, the U.S. won gold in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, which was delayed one year due to the pandemic.

The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal.

It was then colonized by Spain in 1493 following the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Puerto Rico was contested by other European powers, but remained a Spanish possession for the next four centuries.

In the early 1880s, Puerto Ricans (at the time under Spanish rule) began to work for independent government. They reached their goal in 1897; however, a year later, Spain ceded the island to the United States under the provisions of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War.

U.S. President William McKinley and French Ambassador Jules Cambon, acting on behalf of the Spanish government, signed an armistice whereby Spain relinquished its sovereignty over the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Phillippines.

U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.

USA Basketball finalized its men's roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 12-player roster includes LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Kawhi Leonard*, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday, Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards, Bam Adebayo, Derrick White and Tyrese Haliburton.

The Puerto Rico vs. U.S. men's Olympic basketball game will be played on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024 at 11:15 a.m. ET (8:15 a.m. PT) The game will air on NBC, and stream on Peaco*ck and the platforms featured below.