The men's basketball tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was held from July 31 to August 12, 1971 in Cali, Colombia.
| width=25% | Group A | width=25% | Group B | width=25% | Group C |
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| width=200 | Group A | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | Diff |
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| align=left | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 347 | 317 | +30 | ||||||||
| align=left | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 311 | 278 | +33 | ||||||||
| align=left | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 300 | 275 | +25 | ||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 266 | 318 | –52 | ||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 267 | 303 | –36 |
| width=200 | Group B | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | Diff |
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| align=left | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| align=left | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| align=left | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — |
| width=200 | Group C | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | PF | width=20 | PA | width=20 | Diff |
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| align=left | † | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 205 | +82 | |||||||
| align=left | † | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 208 | +44 | |||||||
| align=left | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 278 | 200 | +78 | ||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 374 | –204 |
†Brazil, Cuba and the United States all finished the preliminary stage with identical 2–1 records. The United States was eliminated, however, on the basis of margins of victory in head-to-head games among the teams tied for first.[1]
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