Brittney Griner scored 18 of her game-high 30 points in the first half to lead the United States to a 90-75 win over Japan in the women's basketball gold-medal game at the Tokyo Olympics.
#TokyoOlympicsud83eudd47ud83eudd47ud83eudd47ud83eudd47ud83eudd47ud83eudd47ud83eudd47<br><br>THE GOLD STANDARD. <a href="https://twitter.com/usabasketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USABasketball</a> makes it seven in a row! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TokyoOlympics</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamUSA</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympicHERstory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympicHERstory</a> <a href="https://t.co/kFIsxsuKro">pic.twitter.com/kFIsxsuKro</a>
Griner's 30-point effort set a gold-medal game record in women's Olympic basketball, per The Undefeated:
The UndefeatedBrittney Griner has broken Lisa Leslie’s record for the most points scored in a gold medal game in women's basketball.