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The Dream Team Captains’ Basketball
Date: August 8, 1992
There will never be another Dream Team, a once-in-a-lifetime collection of basketball talent that overwhelmed Olympic competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Celtics legend Larry Bird was one of the first players chosen for the team and played as co-captain along with his former Los Angeles Lakers rival Magic Johnson. While Bird only played two of the six qualification games due to back trouble, he played in all eight Olympic matches, averaging 8.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per contest as Team USA went on to strike gold. Later Bird said, “Winning the gold medal has to be one of the greatest things you can ever do as an athlete.”
( C ) NBA/Celtics (photo by Heritage Werks)