USA Basketball Captures World Championship Gold, Wins 81-64 Over Turkey

September 13th, 2010 by Denton Ramsey Leave a reply »
Kevin Durant was just five years old the last time the Americans won the FIBA World Championship gold medal.

Sixteen years later, Durant and team USA have returned America to glory gold in a 81-64 victory over Turkey.

“I just wanted to come over here and win,” Durant said. “That was my mindset from day one, was to come over here and try to get a gold.  Knew it was going to be tough. That was all that was in my mind. None of the other stuff, global marketing, none of that stuff entered my mind.

“My teammates do a great job of helping me, push me every day. The guys here on the USA team pushed me every day to be the best, gave me confidence. I was just trying to win it for everybody back at home. This is a great feeling. That’s all I’m worried about.”

USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski agreed with his MVP’s statements.

“This is the best; this is the best,” Krzyzewski said following the team’s 17-point gold medal win. “With this group, they really have represented our country, USA Basketball so well. Such a young group. They played with enthusiasm. They ...

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