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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 ..........