Editing Michael Jordan (section)

== National team career ==
[[File:Cazzaro Jordan.jpg|thumb|left|Jordan on the U.S. Olympic team in 1992]]
Jordan made his debut as a college player for the [[U.S. national basketball team]] at the [[1983 Pan American Games]] in [[Caracas]], Venezuela. He led the team in scoring with 17.3 ppg as the U.S., coached by [[Jack Hartman]], won the [[gold medal]].<ref>Lazenby, p. 202.</ref><ref name="usbasket1983">{{cite web |url=https://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-mens/ninth-pan-american-games-1983.aspx |url-status=dead |title=Ninth Pan American Games – 1983 |website=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120162834/https://www.usab.com/history/pan-am-mens/ninth-pan-american-games-1983.aspx |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref> The following year, Jordan won another gold medal in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]. The [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team|1984 U.S. team]] was coached by [[Bob Knight]] and featured young players such as [[Patrick Ewing]], [[Sam Perkins]], [[Chris Mullin]], [[Steve Alford]], and [[Wayman Tisdale]]. Jordan led the team in scoring, averaging 17.1 ppg for the tournament.<ref name="usbasket1984">{{cite web |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xxiiird-olympiad-1984.aspx |url-status=dead |title=Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad – 1984 |website=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120161857/https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xxiiird-olympiad-1984.aspx |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref>

In 1992, Jordan, now an NBA player, was a member of the star-studded squad that was dubbed the "[[1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team|Dream Team]]", which included [[Larry Bird]] and Magic Johnson. The team won two gold medals: the first in the [[1992 Tournament of the Americas]],<ref name="usbasket1992a">{{cite web |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/mens-tournament-of-the-americas-1992.aspx |url-status=dead |title=Men's Tournament of the Americas – 1992 |website=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120162610/https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/mens-tournament-of-the-americas-1992.aspx |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref> and the second in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]. Jordan was the only player to start all eight games in the Olympics. He averaged 14.9 ppg on 45% shooting from the field and 68% from the free-throw line, and was second on the team in scoring.<ref name="usbasket1992b">{{cite web |url=https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xxvth-olympiad-1992.aspx |url-status=dead |title=Games of the XXVth Olympiad – 1992 |website=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120162400/https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xxvth-olympiad-1992.aspx |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2023}}</ref> He was undefeated in the four tournaments he played for the United States national team, and Jordan won all 30 games he took part in.<ref name="UndefeatedTeamUSA">{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/2021/08/09/6111861d46163f78a98b458e.html |url-status=live |title=American NBA players who never lost with Team USA: Jordan is second |website=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]] |date=August 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810160742/https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/2021/08/09/6111861d46163f78a98b458e.html |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref>
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