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                 The U.S. has had the occasional close game in the   
   Olympics, and lost to France 83-76 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.    It was   
   the Americans' only Olympic loss since losing in the semifinals of 2004   
   Athens Olympics.........   
      
      
             i thought the So-called "Dream Team"  (US Men's Basketball)   
   lost to Croatia or Serbia ......   several  years ago?   
      
      
      
   Every Team USA loss ever: From early embarrassment to current defeats   
      
             Mindaugas Bertys       Daily Writer     2023 September   
      
      
   On two separate occasions, a decade passed when Team USA did not lose a   
   single game. Then, both times, the losses started to occur one after   
   another, a stage the squad is currently in.   
      
      
      
                On September 3rd, Lithuania played one of the best quarters   
   in the country's basketball history and stunned Team USA, giving them   
   their first loss in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.     It was the 11th loss a   
   fully-stacked NBA players-only roster suffered in major international   
   tournaments.   
      
              Just five days later, Team USA was defeated once again. This   
   time, Germany outran and outgunned the Americans en route to a final,   
   while the favorites had to play for a bronze medal.   
      
   Two more days later, Team USA fell to Canada and was left without a medal.   
      
   It was the sixth loss in the last five years ..........   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)