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Article: DREAM TEAM ROUTS GREECE : U.S. SCORES BIGGEST VICTORY YET U.S. 128, GREECE 62.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- July 15, 1996
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Byline: Associated Press
It's on to Disney World for the Dream Team, a heavy favorite to claim the Olympic gold medal in men's basketball.
The Dream Team showed the Greek national team on Sunday why it is the favorite with a 128-62 victory before a sellout crowd of 36,702 at the RCA Dome. It dominated every statistic by a wide margin.
Sparked by hometown favorite Reggie Miller, the U.S. Olympic squad jumped to a 20-3 lead in the game's opening four minutes and was never challenged.
It was the most one-sided decision by Dream Team III, which now heads to Orlando for the final phase of its pre-0lympic preparations. The U.S team of NBA ...