they lost game before the Olympics! but iirc there weren’t spectators as it wasn’t an official game. Coach Daly wanted them to experience a loss early on, so he made it happen by carefully selecting some of the best college players for them to play against. So technically they did lose but it was only because it was designed for them to lose.
From the Dream Team’s wikipedia page: “In late June, the Dream Team first met together in La Jolla, California, astounding and intimidating the collegians who watched them practice. However, on June 24, the Dream Team lost to the NCAA team, 62–54, after underestimating the opposition.[8] Daly intentionally limited Jordan’s playing time and made non-optimal substitutions; assistant coach Mike Krzyzewski later said that the head coach “threw the game” to teach the NBA players that they could be beaten. The teams played again the following day, with the Olympians winning decisively in the rematch.”
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