Remembered as the Dunk of Death, Carter leaped over France's 7'2" center Frederic Weis in the final game of the preliminary round. While the dunk highlighted Team USA's undefeated run to gold, the journey had a few challenges.
Pool play included comfortable wins over China, Italy and New Zealand, but the U.S. had closer games against Lithuania (85-76) and France (106-94). After defeating Russia in the quarterfinals, the Americans narrowly avoided an enormous upset at the hands of Lithuania. Sarunas Jasikevicius missed a three-pointer at the buzzer, and the U.S. won 85-83.
Carter and Allen both scored 13 points in an 85-75 victory over France to secure Team USA's third straight gold medal. Kevin Garnett, Alonzo Mourning, Allan Houston, Jason Kidd and Gary Payton were also key players on this roster.
