On August 25, 1983, at the JJPP in Caracas, the Argentine basketball team faced the United States, which included a young and unknown Michael Jordan.
Last Sunday, Las Gigantes, the The Argentine women’s basketball team won a historic bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games after beat Cuba 75 to 66 and they stood on the podium for the first time in their history. This Tuesday the action begins for the men’s team, which will be looking for gold in a competition where the favorite is always the United States. that there are no main stars but an emerging figure can always appear, like the time Michael Jordan joined the contest.
Naa Pan American Games of Caracas 1983, the Argentine team led by Alberto Finguer traveled to the capital of Venezuela with dreams of winning a medal and had a good first period, where he achieved three wins in four games. They started with a beat Puerto Rico 93-40, but they beat the Dominican Republic 80-70, Cuba 95-93 and Canada 80-76. In the second round, performance dropped: It started with an 87-80 loss against Brazil, it won’t happen again against Canada (82-74) and the third game was against the United States.
The time Michael Jordan faced Argentina in the Pan American Games
August 25, 1983during the Caracas Pan American Games, The Argentina National Team have to face USAthat there are some figures that will succeed in the NBA such as Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, Wayman Tisdale, Leon Wood (who later became a referee) and a young student who would change sports history: Michael Jordan. “If the United States played or trained, we went before or stayed after to watch him. I especially like to see him 40/45 minutes before the game. His intensity and concentration. Excellent”he recalled Carlos Romano.
“We saw him pass the court, hehe. I remember that we didn’t know who he was before the tournament, but as the games go by we realize what he played. And there was talk about the name he had in the NCAA: When it was necessary I will face them, I bet Ñato Oroño that when he is under 20 I will buy him dinner.”he said Eduardo Cadillac. Michael Jordan finally scored 24 points and the United States won 88 to 68. Eventually They beat Brazil, then Puerto Rico and won the gold medal. Silver is for Brazilians and the bronze for Mexico. Argentina finished in fifth place.
Source: Tycsports
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