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At the Olympics, opposing teams were overwhelmed by the talent of the American roster, losing by an average of 43.8 points per game.[11] The closest of the eight matches was Team USA's 117–85 victory in the gold medal game against Croatia.[12] Charles Barkley was the Dream Team's leading scorer during the Olympics, averaging 18.0 points per game.[13]
Fans in Barcelona greeted the Dream Team with great enthusiasm. Fans gathered outside the team's hotel, hoping to see their favorite players. "It was like Elvis and the Beatles put together," remarked Chuck Daly.[14] Opposing basketball players and athletes from other sports often asked to have photographs taken with the players.[15] Barkley noted, however, in a 2010 interview, that there was a dark side to the Dream Team's fame:
“ And what people don't understand, we got death threats. In our hotel, you had to have a picture ID to get in there, and we went to the pool on the roof of the hotel, there was like 10 guys standing around with Uzis. So it was kind of funny, it was like: Girl in bikini; dude with an Uzi; girl in bikini; guy with Uzi. People thought we didn't want to stay in the Olympic Village because we wanted to be big shots, but it was because we were getting death threats. They had told us this would be considered great by one of these terrorist groups if they could take out the Dream Team.[13]
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