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Haywood proved why he was Team USA’s first choice: He led the squad in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots, carrying the team to gold. His 145 points in a single Olympics were an American record until Kevin Durant broke it in 2012. “There’s an asterisk by his name,” Haywood joked to the Detroit Free Press. “He was shooting three-pointers, I was shooting twos.”