Beijing 2008 Olympics

Team Redeem wins Gold for USA in Men’s Basketball with a hard-fought 118-107 victory over Spain. Dwayne Wade led scorers with 27 points while Kobe Bryant dropped-in 20 points, six assists and three rebounds. A great victory for the USA and Team Redeem.

United States win Gold in Basketball (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

Team USA win GOLD (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

US Basketball continued to advance as it defeated the Dirk Nowitzki-led German squad in a sloppy 106-57 victory to conclude their final preliminary round match. In a game marked with peculiar amount of missed-dunks, Team Redeem was lead by Dwight Howard 22 points and will now face the tough Aussie squad.

Dwyane Wade (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Michael Redd (Photo credit: Xinhua)

Dwyane Wade(Photo credit: Xinhua)

USA "team redeem" defeating defending champion China 101-70 in the first day of Basketball action. In a game some estimated seen by over 1 billion viewers, the US squad broke down the host nations defense in a match that’ll be remembered for its soaring dunks. Interestingly enough, many questioned whether the dunks were a more of a showboating nature and lacked proper sportsmanship.

If you saw the game, what do you think? Were they pouring it on is sportsmanship important to you?

Dwyane Wade and Yao Ming in opening Basketball game action (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)