The Olympic Basketball Gymnasium here is the first N.B.A.-style arena in China. From the Black Eyed Peas\u2019 singing \u201cLet\u2019s Get It Started\u201d\u009d at tip-off to the scantily clad halftime dancers, it has all the trappings of an N.B.A. showcase.<\/p>\n
The United States team showed again Saturday night that it is right at home in Beijing. The gym has been host to a show of basketball gluttony that could be known as Team USA Revival.<\/p>\n
In their most thorough and dominating performance of these Olympics, the Americans trounced Spain, the reigning world champion and their supposed stiffest competition, 119-82. It was such a thorough demolition that the Spanish star Pau Gasol was asked in the postgame news conference whether his team had tanked the game.<\/p>\n
He dismissed the question, in the same way his teammates had no answer for the Americans, who forced 28 turnovers, outscored Spain by 32-0 on fast-break points and had eight players score in double figures.<\/p>\n