Powered by Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson, a historically dominant U.S. women’s basketball program blew out Japan, 102-76, to win their first pool game of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Team USA famously hasn’t lost an Olympic game since 1992, and didn’t appear any less invincible in this one, leading handily from the jump despite some uncharacteristic shooting struggles.
Monday’s game was a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics Finals, when USA Basketball defeated Japan 90-75 in the gold medal game, led by 30 points from Brittney Griner and 19 from A’ja Wilson.
Three years later, the size disparity still proved insurmountable for Japan, one of the more undersized
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