On August 8, 1992, the U.S. men's national basketball team — more commonly referred to as The Dream Team — wrapped up their perfect Olympic campaign with a 117-85 win over Croatia in the gold medal game in Barcelona, Spain.
But the game itself wasn't the story. The team was.
Having steamrolled through the competition by 43.8 points per game en route to an 8-0 record, the Dream Team — made up of 11 Hall of Fame players— has since been labeled the greatest sports team ever assembled. And rightfully so.
Twenty-four years later, as USA Basketball's most recent assemblage of top-tier talent looks to continue to dominate at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, we take a look back at the team that started it all.
