The U.S refused to take the silver medal in the 1972 Olympic Games!

Team USA was a big favorite to win basketball gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Americans teams had won the gold at every Olympic competition to that point, and boasted an overall record of 55-0 Olympic play.

Led by future pros like Bobby Jones, Doug Collins and Tom Henderson, the Americans cruised through the opening round, and then crushed Italy, setting up a gold medal matchup with the Soviet Union.

Things were pretty tense, between the USSR and the U.S back then because of the Cold War. Winning at everything against the other country was vital to both. The final match was very controversial; it was a tight game from start to finish.

The USSR scored on the very last second on a play that the U.S considered unfair. To this day the U.S team refuses to collect their silver medals.

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