The US ladies’s basketball crew stays probably the most unstoppable forces in worldwide competitors.
Thanks to a different dominant exhibiting on Friday in an 85-64 win over Australia, it punched its ticket for an eighth consecutive Olympic ultimate and an opportunity to win its eighth straight gold medal.
Friday’s win was additionally its sixtieth in a row in Olympic competitors. The crew has not misplaced a recreation for the reason that 1992 semifinals to the Unified Crew. In actual fact, it has misplaced simply three Olympic competitions for the reason that 1976 Video games.
The U.S. will play for gold on Sunday in opposition to France.
It’s a staggering run of dominance that’s almost unmatched in worldwide crew sports activities.
Friday’s recreation was a clinic in chemistry, passing and ball motion. The American crew tallied 31 assists, almost doubling the 16 that Australia managed. That features an help on 27 of their first 28 baskets. Three American starters — Breanna Stewart, Chelsea Grey and Jackie Younger — had 5 assists individually, whereas no one on the Australian crew had greater than three.
A’ja Wilson, who completed the sport with 10 factors and a team-leading eight rebounds, commented on the crew’s unselfishness.
“I believe we’re shifting the ball actually, rather well. I do not suppose I’ve ever been on a crew that may transfer the ball like this,” Wilson stated via ESPN. “We’re all the time on the lookout for good shot to nice shot. We preach it, however generally we do not all the time uphold it on some groups. However I really feel like this crew, we’re looking for the perfect shot on the ground, and I do not suppose I’ve ever been on a crew that is like that.”
Contemplating a number of the groups Wilson has performed on, together with the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, that’s fairly a testomony to this crew’s dedication.
The US ladies’s basketball crew has medaled in each competitors it has participated in (it didn’t compete within the 1980 Video games as a part of an American boycott), claiming 9 gold medals, a silver (1976) and a bronze (1992). It’s assured no less than a silver within the 2024 Video games and an opportunity to say its tenth total gold.
