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Watch the final of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 1986 between the USSR and the USA. A thriller till the end!
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[@FIBA]

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[@Entertainment-th4kb]

Can you UPLOAD Yugoslavia vs. New Zealand from 2002 (semi-finals) ❓

[@klaygabrieldumo2334]

I see some clear useless violation compares to day.

[@inigoelias5690]

Excelente partido, y más porque está en Español.

[@inigoelias5690]

El idioma más hermoso que hay.

[@bluejay7232]

You chose this game out of the other games when the USSR defeated the USA. What do we expect? You're American BIAS is EVIDENT! BOOOO from the Philippines!

[@tadzzi5887]

58:17 such Sabonis NBA fans did not see...

[@edmundwong5571]

When he finally got to the NBA, his knees were too banged up to jump inches off the group. And he looked much leaner in this video.

[@user-hl1be7bl2e]

Great Sab

[@gabijohn5683]

Even Domantas does not often show freak athleticism

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

@@edmundwong5571 thats what happens when you have acl injuries on both legs.... still after injury he won multiple awards like euroleague, euroleague mvp, had decent nba career, won olympic bronze 2 times, and was mvp of euroleague again at 40 yo.

[@optimisticprime8651]

He was a monster!

[@sps9491]

Muggsy Bogues is an inspiration to me, not everyone with his height is able to win the World Basketball Championship knowing all the hard work behind it.

[@hi-technobarrio6096]

I think he should be elected in NBA Hall of Fame

[@adspur]

Mugsy was an athletic freak.

[@d.serrador9277]

This match took place in Madrid (Spain) in the old Sports Palace, a multi-sport facility (you can see the wooden ring of the cycling velodrome behind the main stands). Commentators: journalist Pedro Barthe for Channel 1 of TVE (Spanish public television) and FC Barcelona coach Aito Garcia-Reneses

[@tarkora1742]

58:18. look at sabonis. simply perfect

[@alanchamberlain9967]

Basketball was so much better to watch back then.

[@davidjuan3797]

Bogues, Kerr, Kenny Smith, Sean Elliot, Sabonis, Derrick McKey, Seikaly, David Robinson, Volkov, Hammonds, Brian Shaw, Gilliam, Charles Smith...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@LuckyBird551]

Oh yeah. Before the Dream Team came along, the FIBA World Cup of 1986 had the best USA national basketball team ever. By far. It is amazing that they actually lost 1 game in the tournament when it would have been completely natural for them to go undefeated. The only match they lost? Against Argentina. In what most likely is the most epic foreshadowing of 2004 ever.

[@dhanangwibisono9821]

０

[@anthonyiacobucci3652]

@@LuckyBird551 Nah not really. That 2004 US team wasn't that good. They didn't just lose to Argentina. They lost to Puerto Rico by 19, Italy by 15, and Lithuania by 8. That tells you something about that team. When you lose to Puerto Rico by 19 points....they didn't really bring their best players. That was more like a rookie all star team. Lebron, Melo, and Wade were all 19 year old rookies. The top scorers in the league were Kobe and Shaq and Garnett. They declined to play. Notice Argentina has not beaten them since then. They've played 7 more times since then and the US has killed them every time.

[@aaadj2744]

@@anthonyiacobucci3652 I think the problem of the 1998 and 2002-2006 US team were their issue of chemistry, coaching and egoistic problem between the player in the team and also lacked a heart and desire motivation to took the game seriously for the win. 2008 was where all star USA player took the game seriously to redeemed themselves again.

[@anthonyiacobucci3652]

@@aaadj2744 I agree to a large extent. The 2002 team was definitely a B team though. Tons of guys sat that one out. 2006 they started getting serious with Coach K and lost that game to Greece but they spanked Argentina by 15. And I agree. After that it was time to massacre teams, which has not ended since then. Another problem in '04 was they only practiced for 3 weeks, even losing an exhibition game to Italy by like 20 points. Having said that, if you put Shaq, Kobe, Garnett, and McGrady on that team, they beat Argentina and win gold. Should have Ben Wallace on there too since he was in his prime..winning defensive player of the year. I mean Elton Brand? Stoudemire? Marbury? Good players but no comparison to the guys I listed.

[@asya4750]

Sabonis vs Robinson. It was a fun to watch. Thank you.

[@diosdadoapias]

Sabonis the professional versu Robinson , the amateur at that time a mere college player.

[@eridan7790]

@@diosdadoapias I don't give a dam.

[@Illumentra]

As far as I could tell Sabonis had in this game 16 points, 2 assists, 11 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 blocks

[@dohan9]

Sabonis was great

[@valentinagarciafernandez9031]

..And it was not his day by any means...🙄

[@rundanerun]

@@valentinagarciafernandez9031 USA Defense had a lot to do with that

[@dreamchaser4822]

Sabonis really had it all. Size, skill, strength, inside, outside, free throws, scoring, passing. Flair and fundamentals.

[@guyarican1]

What a game ! Great plays on both sides

[@julienwinterstein5574]

Mullet Sabas vs Navy D-Rob = Mega clash

[@stevenmichienzi9833]

Sabonis was an insane athlete before his injuries

[@PauloZiemer]

beautiful old school basketball

[@ralphumali754]

i remember when mugsy bogue’s talent almost beat michael jordan and the looney tunes squad..

[@bens4801]

15 SABONIS, the original point-center Jokic playstyle. Way ahead of his time

[@user-fb2dp4ru4q]

Much more athletic SAbonis than Jokic.Years later,injuries and overweight did that changes .

[@vamoneygroup]

Jokic is nowhere near as good as Sabonis.

[@DCdc-rn8sz]

THE USA all college team defeated the Soviet all Pro team in the 1986 World Championships..awesome...Coach Lute Olson, the coach of this team, should have coached the US Olympic team in 1988 when it won bronze...

[@camzpras3435]

If this version of Sabonis played in the NBA at this age, he would have been the greatest Center ever.

[@d.serrador9277]

Probably!

[@cinnaminson0653]

How can you say that? I highly doubt it. Kareem, Wilt, Shaq,Russell, Moses and Walton just to name a few.

[@camzpras3435]

@@cinnaminson0653 Sabonis is way better than all of those guys.

[@oneactoneda4393]

@Camz Pras Nah. Even Dennis Rodman would lock him down

[@camzpras3435]

@@oneactoneda4393 Besides Sabonis aint even a scorer but a facilitator, the original Point-Center. Dumb fools in today's NBA couldn't even defend against Jokic and Jokic is nowhere close the skills and power of Sabonis

[@user-br5ds3yy3k]

Сабонис просто доминирует.

[@entingbascones6362]

I think it was a hard earned win by team USA. But still because of the team effort it shows how to win... My idol bugsy bogs...

[@oneactoneda4393]

And keep in mind, these USA player were just a college guy instead of pros from nba... That was ridiculous era for usa basketball team to just sent the youngster/junior player into the world championship even though FIBA and Olympic basketball aren't actually a youth tournament like olympic football

[@hamilton3037]

The USSR won to capture the gold medal, while the USA finished with a silver in their first competition. author of the video deliberately cropped the video. learn history

[@gabepizza]

@@hamilton3037 umm wrong I just looked it up. The US won 87-85. They won the WC in 54, 86 and then with pros in 96, 10 & 14.

[@myrra10]

@@hamilton3037 i also heard that they replayed the last 1 or 2 seconds and USSR won, but wikipedia says US won. weird. i dunno where this story comes from then

[@veerchasm1]

So many legends!

[@Googliaooota]

Man, it's fun to watch Bogues and what he can do against this level of competition.

[@user-ny4oj9up9n]

Sabonis man 💪 defense offense

[@domagojgreguric6957]

Wow, this US team has fantastic coaching. Offensively they play really simple and move the ball well. Generally they play full court pressure and force a quick pace. Some much newer teams USA cannot do jack shit against zone defences, depending on superstars to bail them out. These college kids are playing much better within a system. A great final against a strong Soviet team, and a valuable W

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

Surprisingly, I just noticed that these USA player were literally a college player(who'd got drafted into the NBA league, later on) to represent the US Basketball team against the World... Btw, well-played by team USA. This is definitely the best FIBA WC grand final I ever see

[@paulsonj72]

NBA players were not eligible for FIBA events at this time

[@oneactoneda4393]

@@paulsonj72 US think olympics/fIba were an easy or youth tournament like the olympic football so they just sent those college/amateur guy to represent in world championship instead of pros from nba/aba but they never seems to realized that they're actually facing against the senior player in around the world which the other country like Yugoslavia, ussr and Argentina were actually a strong competitor in senior international basketball back then. Until after the US lost in 1988 & 90, it's open their eyes to eradicated the ridiculous amateur team and going to took the international competition seriously by sending their senior player since then. I personally believe that USA could have won more FIBA title as they done in Olympic if they already took the competition seriously since early days and just send their elite professional player just like all of those country who send their elite professional football player into FIFA world cup

[@coderlol3213]

@@oneactoneda4393, I think it was a good idea actually. Young guys had a chance to play against pro athletes at very young age and get prepared for the NBA. And they always had a chance to win till 00s.

[@charlesalvarez3405]

🇨🇴🏀Esos si eran uniformes de basket!!!

[@user-oy3ko5br1t]

All players are future stars and NBA leaders

[@antonioperez1708]

que seleccion tan enorme tenia la URSS, plena de talentos

[@eljuezdredd798]

y por eso perdieron jaaaaaaa

[@leonardopadilla7631]

EUA jugaba estos torneos y olímpicos con el equipo “C”

[@victorsans3307]

jugaba con universitarios, no eran NBA@@leonardopadilla7631

[@saeedabouelezz3141]

I remember this match very well. 34 years agoooooooo !!

[@yewang7787]

hey, dude, you're elder than me

[@hamilton3037]

The USSR won to capture the gold medal, while the USA finished with a silver in their first competition. author of the video deliberately cropped the video. learn history

[@LuckyBird551]

Kenny Smith did some clutch plays at the end, but also the USSR made some key mistakes.

[@evanyeung3801]

Healthy Sabonis is so dominant

[@user-cy5ou7qy3q]

USSR center Sabonis is the real core of this team, really impressive

[@PharaoahMonk]

And he s not even russian. He s lithuanian.

[@user-cy5ou7qy3q]

@@PharaoahMonk yes, Lithuanian basketball team played very well, I have ever been told that in USSR basketball team, 50% team players came from Lithuania. And I still remember in 2008 Beijing Olympic Game, Chinese basketball team lost the game with Lithuanian basketball team even though Yaoming was still at his peak

[@vivaportugal2353]

Video quality 💯👍

[@amertdogan]

that bogues behind the back pass 🔥🔥🔥

[@protamine4]

I watched all the U.S. games in that tournament. That was a much better team than the one we produced for the 1988 Olympics two years later. The Spanish crowd was very supportive and hated Yugoslavia but loved Muggsy Bogues.

[@edgarparagas6561]

If Team USA wins the 2023 WC, Steve Kerr will go down in history as the only player and head coach to be part of a champion team. I believe he suffered an injury though during this 1986 WC hence he could not be seen during the celebration right after the buzzer. Curiously, the 1986 Team USA had 2 players born in Beirut, Lebanon: Kerr & Rony Seikaly.

[@yka-kb4xo]

冷戦時代のアメリカ対ソ連なんて、ワクワクする組み合わせ！

[@freelikesummer931]

The game has evolved so much!

[@oneactoneda4393]

Since 60s

[@mikerivers695]

love the combination of kenny smith and tyrine bogues

[@ioanpena]

So many future NBA players !!!

[@juanfranciscosantana4793]

Kenny Smith was a lightning in a bottle .so fast .

[@kobey3044]

Kenny the JET Smith lolz

[@gabepizza]

Of the 11 World Cups before the introduction of NBA players this is only the 2nd one won by the US. The other one being the 2nd World Cup played in 1954

[@roff000]

Other people: "USSR and USA is the two rivaling superpowers! It's really dangerous for the world if they go to war!" The war:

[@rommellupae9100]

"Little Guy, Big Heart"(5"3') I Love "small but terrible Mugsy"!

[@bernardocutamora6685]

Tyron bouges is a center of attraction

[@zerinathe]

Sabonis was the best center at that time before injuries.

[@vamoneygroup]

He was never better than Olajuwon

[@joelb9]

Amaker a lone member of Team USA in 1985 William Jones Cup? that team lost to Philippine National team in finals before he play this tournament

[@casterthroy3355]

Хомичус красава !!!!❤

[@fernandohenrique4983]

chegou a estar 78 a 60... A URSS foi buscar..... jogaço

[@vivaportugal2353]

Valdemaras Chomicius jogou demais!!! acho que ele foi o melhor jogador soviético nesse jogo...

[@RobertLewis85]

Thrilling game

[@greengiant1017]

Lithuania should get gold medals for that since main core of this team were 4 Lithuanian players.

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

Do a bit it more research will you. During the mid to late 80s (1988 Olympic Gold), not doubt the best USSR players were Lithuanians, but during the 70s (1972 Olympic Gold), the best USSR players were Russians and Ukrainians.

[@greengiant1017]

@@mr.sinjin-smyth i would't count that as a win since that game was both most likely. You need to do some research you idiot..

[@rundanerun]

You can't get a gold when you lose

[@mr.sinjin-smyth]

@@greengiant1017 The 1972 team had 5 Russians, 2 Ukranians, 2 Georgians, ONE Lithuanian, Belarusian, Kazakh. Sergei Belov and Alexander Belov (not related and both Russians) were the standouts in the Gold Medal match. Anything else???

[@greengiant1017]

@@mr.sinjin-smyth where do you see me mentioning 1972?

[@luizrenato8423]

Este jogo foi transmitido pela rede bandeirantes de televisão em 20 de Julho de 1986 no show do esporte com a narração de Luciano do Valle às 15h55 da tarde

[@80srocknroller]

I remember that FIBA World Championship of 1986

[@roberthanief3408]

Great picture quality

[@mosesguevarra2028]

On this FIBA 1986 World Cup, the Northern Consolidated Philippine team should have played here as Asian Champion but due to the country political crisis that year it was disbanded. I will be thrilled seeing my idol Samboy Lim penetrating inside on the outstretch arms either David Robinson or Sabonis.😁

[@JayCeeMax]

I feel you kuya.

[@Cal49ers]

😳😂😂😂Not on this level, this is not Jones Cup, the Pinas will be the winless team here if they qualified. Plus chance that Pinas team will be disqualified by playing with 7 IMPORTS or Naturalized and only 5 real Pinoys. That's only your imagination our level is SEA games, funny😂😂 when you said overstretch arm of two legend of NBA. Samboy is known only in Pinas he is not an NBA caliber.ok bro your hoops IQ is ?😂✌️

[@Cal49ers]

😳They are not Asian Champion, China is the Asian Champion and Korea.😳🤓✌️

[@Cal49ers]

Jay Cee Max 😳😂😂the comment was out of😂😂😂✌️

[@hamilton3037]

The USSR won to capture the gold medal, while the USA finished with a silver in their first competition. author of the video deliberately cropped the video. learn history

[@eddyhsu1978]

Sabonis was a beast

[@LuckyBird551]

I know! Right? Did you see that rebound dunk at 58:16? Over Robinson?

[@beowulf3303]

Very well coached USA team!!

[@mammagon]

Salieron acomplejados la URSS al principio....luego se dieron cuenta que podían ganar pero reaccionaron tarde y ya en Seúl 88 tenían aprendida la lección y ganaron

[@conflicto7575]

La URRS no tenia ningun chance contra los profesionales de EEUU q le den gracias a las reglas FIBA q pudieron ganar algo

[@mikejoyner7546]

Great game!

[@markdwighttadina7655]

FIBA be like : Whoever loses will fallout the next 4 years...

[@doddy_bj_miko]

Wow, Steve Kerr was here.. Just know now.. Real champ

[@paulsonj72]

On the team but didn't play in the final. He suffered a severe knee injury in the semi finals against Brazil and as a result missed the 1986-87 college season. The injury was severe there was some question as to whether he would ever play again. We all know how that turned out. :)

[@mikerivers695]

@@paulsonj72 he could helped tyrone in bringing up the ball and his snipping in the perimeter too.tommy amaker is good but steve is much better.

[@chapeirorenatao6849]

Dimitri, Sergei and Comrade are the best!

[@jordanfadness8832]

FIBBBBAAA TY

[@paulmccartney5760]

Sabonis the last Lituanian Zar!! 🔥🔥💪🏻💪🏻🏀🏀

[@OLEG-gt2yt]

Well, where are these "saboniss" now? the same place as Lithuania, deep in the ass. Only in the USSR could they make people out of sprats.

[@anonymousanother3414]

At 5'3 Mugsy Bogues smallest man on the court wearing USA .. AMAZING

[@mcjr1989]

7:00 mark he outrebounded way taller player than him

[@troybennett5004]

He was fearless

[@diosdadoapias]

You can say everything to all those who played but one thing standout for those who have no preferential bias---the bantam guy from America who played point guard. He scored, assisted even rebounded to his limit.

[@hamilton3037]

The USSR won to capture the gold medal, while the USA finished with a silver in their first competition. author of the video deliberately cropped the video. learn history

[@dacehabsburg503]

David Robinson 86..

[@user-ll3yz4te7e]

Если кто и мог забить на последней секунде, то только везунчик Валтерс. Если и у него не получилось , значит не судьба. Но полуфинальное чудо было так близко..

[@user-lr3uy6nu7b]

next year in 1987 Greece won them in europe basketball final again with 2 points more

[@mr_osako]

Not without help from the referees, to be honest.

[@LuckyBird551]

And Brazil would beat team USA in the American PanAm Games.

[@23systems]

Armon da hammer Gilliam. Luv it😾

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

The dream match of all times would be Magic ,mj , Drj , sir Charles and Shaq against Bodiroga ,Drazen , Toni , Radja and Arvidas in his prime !!! The match of the century

[@wilsonodipo7193]

Clutch basket from Kenny Smith with seconds left

[@user-cy5ou7qy3q]

great game

[@vasilisvasiliadis3256]

Sabonis vs Robinson!

[@DenG611]

Jordan was already an NBA rookie when this was held. Was the coach Bob Knight?

[@HenriqueSantos-xd1eg]

You cannot see this kind of match in NBA.

[@a_passage_a_week]

Cold war game

[@SoloPerICommenti]

The old 1+1 on free throws, lol

[@fernandohenrique4983]

Grande jogo

[@vladimircrausos7634]

My favorite point guard Tyrone Bogues

[@wehosrmthink7510]

The 5 personal foul out rule kept Sabonis out of the game, although his back up played well. Great defensive pressure by the USA .

[@marcelodombroski4325]

A maioria dos jogadores da URSS são da Lituânia, república que fazia parte dos sovieticos na época

[@Shaun-vy9vi]

I always wondered what Sabonis's career would have been like in the NBA had he been able to play in it during his prime.

[@bru6626]

Much more intense compare to nba finals

[@loveoneanotherdonthate]

thats why i like international basketball so much... NBA has a bigger purpose of making it look good for the audience

[@LuckyBird551]

Well, it is just one game instead of a series. I wonder how intense the NBA finals would be if instead of the best of 7 games, it would be played at just one game on a neutral arena?

[@apgaming3833]

I can’t agree. Well obviously it being an elimination game adds to that. But game 6’s and game 7’s are insane. Go back and watch game 7 of the 2016 nba finals. Or game 6 of the 2013 finals

[@0nfiRe]

kenny smith has more on his resume than i thought

[@joseyeastwood]

I have said it to people a lot but i will say it again mugsy should be in the Hall Of Fame.

[@bournedevinesupreme]

Did Sean Elliott ever have healthy knees?

[@rhicsdintv5022]

In this game, they focus more on inside game..unlike today outside shooting is the main weapon...why Michael Jordan not included here?

[@noynoying]

1986. He's in the NBA already

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

Yup, I also wondering the same why USA basketball didn't picked Michael Jordan to played in FIBA with team USA

[@ninocaba2000]

Jordan played in the Olympic as a college player

[@mudman189]

CCCP needs to do their attacks more carefully. Oh number 15 is amazing

[@Pretendentas]

Sabonis

[@mikerivers695]

ARVIDAS' THE NAME,but did he actually had bad knees after the '88 GAMES?

[@Pretendentas]

@@mikerivers695 he played this tournament not long after he had operation on his both achilles

[@gerardoflores9894]

do they practice before the game , ? they were missing too much .

[@S8843104]

懐かしい

[@user-zp6gr4uq7v]

первого фола у Сабониса не было! но судьи ошиблись в обе стороны!

[@deovision]

58:16 oh sh*t....!! Didn't see that coming.

[@channnwarren3244]

Sabonis, Robinson, Bogus, Great Olympic game of 1986 !

[@gabepizza]

no Olympic, World Cup

[@cx2605]

Tyrone bogues omg wow the best captain ball ... ❤❤❤💪👍👍👍

[@DineNastyLakers]

I remember this game like it was yesterday…I was about 2 months old…those were the days

[@user-fx4jd4ly3p]

супер команда СССР!

[@conflicto7575]

Probably 1986 USA professional team: Magic, Jordan, Bird, Moses, Kareem...bench Mchale, Drexler, Malone, Thomas, Barkley, Parish and Worthy...the results maybe was USA 120-82 CCCP...USA is way ahead of the rest of the world

[@eridan7790]

@@conflicto7575 But we ,Russia ,play better in hokkey and football then you.😜

[@dantefajardo347]

Why don't they post up Mugsy's guy? He would score a lot on the boy.

[@camzpras3435]

The original Point Center

[@rodypecas4509]

6:50