USA beats Australia (55-79) and flirts with medals already

No wear and tear and distribute the minutes, The United States qualified for the semi-finals of the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020 by defeating Australia, which was practically not a contender for the strong North American team (55-79), which the Serbian team is already waiting for in the fight for the Olympic final.

With 12-26 from the first quarter and 27-48 from the break, North American coach Dawn Staley can distribute minutes and physical loads in The team is again led by Brianna Stewart, who scored 23 points, 20 of them in the first half, and 5 rebounds., along with quarterback Britney Grenier (15 points and 8 rebounds).

Australia, who came from qualifying in the finals, won by 27 points over Puerto Rico (96-69)., just one of those she needed to be one of the top thirds, kept up that effort until the end, but the difference between the teams is more evident in some “opals” without their star, Lise Campage, who is absent from Tokyo 2020 for mental health reasons.

The initial basket exchange continued until the United States put pressure on the Australians, who began to lose balls. Seeing the weakness of the ‘opal’, Stewart appeared, who immediately penalized 8 points from the American quarter 0-12 (6-16, minute 4), a streak that continued until the quarter-finals 12-26.

Led by defender Leilani Mitchell, her team’s ultimate top scorer with 14 points. The ocean began to find the way to the ring and stir up the party’s revolts, But the Americans responded along with Chelsea Gray, loaned by Stewart, who scored 20 points in the first half alone. Aja Wilson joined the party and American income in the first half exceeded twenty (27-48).

And the match went on until then, really, because the US never gave the Australian team any more chance, always running distances over 20 points, against the Saitama Super Arena where the Serbian team was keeping a close eye on their next semi-final opponent and in and after the break joined US men’s team players to the semi-finals after their victory over Spain yesterday.

With everything done, there were minutes for less common players like point guard Skylar Diggins.Or striker Ariel Atkins or goalkeeper Nafissa Collier, and most importantly, none of the players he coaches without Staley exceeded 24 minutes of play.

After the 55-79 final, the duel gave oxygen to an American team awaiting the European champion, Serbia, who ditched the previous duel of emerging China (70-77), on Friday at 1:40 pm (4.40 GMT). ).

– data sheet:

55- Australia (12 + 15 + 12 + 16): Mitchell (14), Ebzri (2), Oha (2), George (11), McGregor (5), five-starter, Talbot (4), Madjen (2), Blicavs 82 ), Allen (3), Smith (1), Lavey (3) and Tolo (6).

79- United States (26 + 22 + 20 + 11): Bird (9), Taurasi (4), Stewart (23), Wilson (10), Griner (15)-quinteto inicial-, Loyd, Diggins (4), Atkins (3) , Gray (7), Collier, Fowles (4) y Charles.

the reviewer: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Takaaki Kato (Japan) and Yevgeny Mikheev (Kazakhstan). eradication of sin.

Accidents: The second game of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Women’s Basketball Tournament, which was held at the Saitama Super Arena, was without an audience due to health measures against the coronavirus pandemic.