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Paris Olympics: U.S. women cruise into knockout round with rout of Germany

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PARIS — On Aug. 5, 1992 — nearly 32 years ago — the United States women’s basketball team was upset at the Olympics, 79-73, at the hands of the “Unified Team,” which was essentially the old Soviet Union.

The Unified went into a brilliant 2-3 zone that day, which led to an astounding 26 steals and forced the Americans to go just 5-for-20 from 3-point land and 36 percent from the floor.