Preliminary Round (Group A), 2000 Olympic Basketball
September 25, 2000 · Sydney, Australia
Preliminary Round (Group A), 2000 Olympic Basketball: USA 106–94 France, at Sydney, Australia on September 25, 2000.
This is the pool-play game in which Vince Carter dunked over French center Frederic Weis, an image widely nicknamed "le dunk de la mort" in French media.
Top performers
| France — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Laurent Sciarra | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| Yann Bonato | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| Antoine Rigaudeau | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| USA — top performers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | PTS | REB | AST |
| Antonio McDyess | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin Garnett | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| Vince Carter | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Shareef Abdur-Rahim | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Jason Kidd | 11 | 3 | 6 |
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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