In our impression, the stars of all teams in the NBA are invincible. Unexpectedly, however, something unexpected happened in the semi-final. Argentina beat the United States 89-8 1 and even Italy in the final, becoming the fourth team to win the Olympic champion.
In fact, in that Olympic Games, the American men's basketball team not only lost to Argentina in the semi-final. Before 2004, the American men's basketball team lost only two games in the Olympic Games. In the first group match, the United States lost to the Puerto Rican men's basketball team 73-92, and also lost 19 points. So far, 19 is still the biggest difference in the history of American men's basketball. The group match also lost to the Lithuanian men's basketball team 90-94. It can be described as the worst "beating" since the establishment of the "Dream Team".
Personally, I think many stars didn't go to that Olympic Games, such as the idol of most of our China fans, McGrady. Secondly, the performance of the American team itself is not good enough, with 7 turnovers per game and low free throw percentage.
The men's basketball competition in Athens Olympic Games in 2004 was an unprecedented expansion of the strength of European and American basketball powers outside the United States. Compared with the opponent's strength and the knowledge of the "dream team", the "dream team" had an old problem that was well known at that time: it was unfamiliar with the international basketball rules.