(Tokyo Olympics) U.S. women’s basketball team overtakes Japan to achieve seven consecutive Olympic championships
China News Agency, Tokyo, August 8 (Bian Liqun) In the Olympic women’s basketball final on the 8th, the American women’s basketball team defeated the Japanese women’s basketball team 90:75 to achieve seven consecutive Olympic championships.
The US team is the absolute hegemon in the Olympic women’s basketball team. Since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, they have never let the championship go by. This is the second time that the US Women’s Basketball team and the Japanese Women’s Basketball team have played against each other in this Olympic Games. In the previous Group B group stage, the US Women’s Basketball team won by a score of 86:69.
In addition to defeating the Japanese women’s basketball team, the US women’s basketball team also defeated Nigeria and France in the group stage, qualifying as the first in the group. In the quarter-finals, the US women’s basketball team defeated Australia 79:55, and beat Serbia 79:59 in the semifinals.
The host Japanese team lost only to the United States in the group stage, and won both against Nigeria and France. In the quarter-finals, the Japanese women’s basketball team narrowly beat Belgium 86:85, and in the semifinals they beat the French team 87:71.
In the finals, the American women’s basketball team showed an absolute advantage at the beginning, breaking through the basket and hitting a wave of 10:2. Then the American women’s basketball team continued to maintain its lead, and the Japanese women’s basketball team used outside output to catch up with the score. Halftime. The American team led 50:39.
After the easy side battle, the US team still dominated the game. The game lost suspense early. In the end, the US women’s basketball team defeated the Japanese women’s basketball team 90:75 and achieved seven consecutive Olympic championships. The Japanese team, which won the silver medal, created the best Olympic record in team history.
Griena scored a game-high 30 points in this game, Wilson scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. The Japanese team with the highest score was Takada Maki, who scored 17 points. (Finish)
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