Basketball Tickets

Barcelona 29 August 1992, Games of the XXV Olympiad. Men's basketball: Michael JORDAN of the United States shoots during the match United States - Germany. Credit: Getty Images/POWELL Mike

For 36 years after basketball entered the Olympic Games as a full medal sport for men, the question was not who would win, but who would finish second. The United States owned the game, and not just because it was invented there.