Trivial Matters

American Idols

Spread Offense
For all the great basketball players who have represented the U.S. in the Olympics over the years, no one has ever averaged 20 points for the American Team. Only Adrian Dantley in 1976 and Charles Barkley in '92 have scored 30 points in a game. Who holds the U.S. men's record for most total points scored in one Olympics?

a. Charles Barkley
b. Spencer Haywood
c. Michael Jordan
d. Jerry Lucas

Red and Gold
The last time the U.S. team failed to win the gold was in '88 in Seoul, when the Soviet Union beat the U.S. 82-76 in the semifinals. Which three members of that Soviet squad went on to play in the NBA?

Who Am I?
I never played in the Olympics, but I was on the team that didn't go to the 1980 Moscow Games because of the U.S. boycott. I won an NCAA championship, two NBA titles and played on the '94 U.S. world championship team. I'm in the Basketball Hall of Fame, and I run an NBA team. Can you guess my identity?

Call to Order

Since 1992, 25 NBA teams have had representatives on Team U.S.A. at the Olympics. Including the 2004 squad, place these NBA franchises in order of the number of their players who have worn the red, white and blue in the Games.

a. Celtics
b. Lakers
c. Heat
d. Suns