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THE FACTORY PIZZERIA BEIJING (AP) —Order is restored in international basketball. The United States is back on top, but not by that much anymore. Culminating a threeyear mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Sunday in the gold-medal game. After overwhelming everyone for seven games, the Americans led by only four points with under 2 1/2 minutes to play. Then the U.S. proved it could handle a close game that seemed would never come in Beijing. Their prize: thefirstU.S. gold medal since the 2000 Olympics. "Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again," LeBron James said. Argentina won the bronze with an 87-75 victory against Lithuania. Dwyane Wade scored 27 points for the Americans, who found a much gamer Spanish team than the one it humiliated by 37 points earlier in the tournament. Kobe Bryant added 20 points. In a game so devoid of defense that it felt more like an NBA All-Star game than one with a title at stake, the Americans had too much offense down the stretch. Bryant converted a clutch four-point play with 3:10 remaining, holding his finger to his lips to quiet the rowdy Spanish crowd behind the basket. Wade added another 3pointer that made it 111-104 with just over 2 minutes left, and only then could the Americans relax a little. They began to celebrate during a break after some technical fouls on Spain with 26 seconds left, then partied at midcourt when it was over with "Born in the USA" blaring over the arena's speakers. "We played with great character in one of the great games in international basketball history, I think," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Nobody else had been close to the Americans in Beijing. 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The United States trailed well behind the Chinese in golds with 36, the first time since 1992 it didn't lead the category. But the Americans did break their own mark for total medals in a non-boycotted Olympics; they won 110 in all, two more than their previous high set in 1992 and 10 ahead of Chinas overall tally this year. Britain, getting an early jump on its host role for the 2012 Summer Games, had its best Olympics in a century with 19 gold medals — good for fourth place behind the Russians. Its cyclists and sailors were the class of the field, and 19-year-old Rebecca Adlington stunned the swimming world with two golds in distance events. It was also a satisfying Olympics for many of the world's weaker sporting nations. A record 87 nations won medals, seven more than the previous high in Sydney in 2000, and a dozen nations won either their first-ever gold medal or first medal of any color. If there was a prominent loser at the games, it was Russia, whose team was deprived of 10 athletes due to doping accusations. The Russians finished a distant third in both gold medals, with 23, and overall medals with 72 — down from 27 and 92 four years ago in Athens. Germany and Japan also fared noticeably worse than in Athens. The United States was disappointed by its boxing team (one bronze medal) and a lack of golds by its sprinters, but was delighted by breakthroughs in lesser sports such as fencing, as well as by the historic eight golds for recordsmashing swimmer Michael Phelps. ing world champions who were hoping to win their first Olympic gold. U.S. players appreciated the game Spain gave them. After the contest they hugged the Spanish players. Bryant had an especially long embrace for Gasol, patting his Los Angeles Lakers teammate on the back. "They did what they were supposed to do," Gasol said. "We fought hard all the way." Final medal count 302 completed medal events COUNTRY United States China Russia Britain Australia Germany France South Korea Italy Ukraine Japan Cuba Belarus Spain •Canada Netherlands Brazil Kenya Kazakhstan Jamaica Poland Hungary Norway New Zealand Romania Turkey Ethiopia Denmark Azerbaijan B TOT 36 38 36 51 21 28 23 21 28 19 13 15 14 15 17 16 10 15 7 16 17 13 10 8 8 10 10 7 5 15 9 6 10 2 11 11 4 5 10 5 10 3 3 9 6 7 5 4 3 4 8 5 5 4 2 4 7 6 3 2 3 6 1 3 5 2 3 5 2 3 1 5 4 1 3 3 1 4 4 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 2 Czech Republic 3 3 0 Slovakia 3 2 1 Georgia 3 0 3 3 North Korea 2 1 4 Argentina 2 0 4 Switzerland 2 0 3 Uzbekistan 1 2 6 Armenia 0 0 2 Slovenia 1 2 3 Bulgaria 1 1 3 Indonesia 1 1 1 Sweden 0 4 3 Croatia 0 2 3 Lithuania 0 2 0 Mongolia 2 2 0 Thailand 2 2 0 Zimbabwe 1 3 2 Finland 1 1 2 Greece 0 2 3 Nigeria 0 1 4 Taiwan 0 0 1 1 Mexico 2 0 Latvia 1 1 2 India 1 0 2 Austria 0 1 2 Ireland 0 1 2 Serbia 0 1 0 Belgium 1 1 0 Dominican Rep. 1 1 0 Estonia 1 1 0 Portugal 1 1 1 Iran 1 0 0 Trinidad & Tobago 0 2 1 1 Algeria 1 Bahamas 1 Colombia 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Morocco 0 Tajikistan 0 Bahrain 0 Cameroon 0 Panama 0 Tunisia 0 Chile 0 1 0 Ecuador 0 1 0 Iceland 0 1 0 Malaysia 0 1 0 South Africa 0 1 0 Singapore 0 1 0 Sudan 0 1 1 Vietnam 0 1 1 Afghanistan 0 0 1 Egypt 0 0 1 Israel 0 0 1 Moldova 0 0 1 Mauritius 0 0 1 Togo 0 0 Venezuela 0 0 110 100 72 47 46 41 40 31 28 27 25 24 19 18 18 16 15 14 13 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 AP |