Since winning the bronze medal game at the 1992 Summer Olympics, the U.S. women’s basketball game has not lost in international competition. And with three more wins Geno Auriemma’s team will have the program’s sixth straight Olympic gold medal, something they’re expected to accomplished based on both their talent and the way in which they’ve beaten teams in Rio.
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Just one of their five wins in pool play was by fewer than 30 points, with that being a 110-84 win over Serbia. And with all due respect to Japan, their opponent in the quarterfinal round, it would be a surprise if Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore and company didn’t win by 30-plus Tuesday.