# 2010 United States men's FIBA World Championship 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.
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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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Eighth–finals |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 398 | 354 | +44 | 8 | Eighth–finals |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 395 | 407 | −12 | 7 | Eighth–finals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 4 | 301 | 367 | −66 | 6 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 300 | 407 | −107 | 5 | |

### 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
### 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

| 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 |