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Article: World Basketball Championships: Surprise, Surprise: Dream Team II
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- Los Angeles Sentinel
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- August 18, 1994
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Dennis Schatzman
Los Angeles Sentinel
08-18-1994
WORLD BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Surprise, Surprise: Dream Team II Wins.
At the Basketball World Championships last Sunday in Toronto, the U.S.A.'s Dream Team ii did as expected. They went undefeated and won the World Championship of Basketball. Led by Derrick Coleman and the three-point shooting of Reggie Miller, Dream Team II connection on 15 of its first 16 shots and went on to build a 33 point half time lead over a game Russian team.
The USA continued to build its lead in the second half, but with a more than 40 point lead, they seemed to lose some of their first half intensity and lightened up on the Russians. Therefore, they only won by a ...