United States swept past Japan to their seventh straight women's basketball crown Sunday, with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi collecting their fifth Olympic gold medals
Japan stabilised and began making some shots but they again struggled with Griner’s 6ft 7ins height in the paint as the US picked her out repeatedly and she went 9-of-10 from the floor.
Japan were led by Maki Takada with 17 points, but the US successfully restricted the dangerous Rui Machida to just six assists, after she made an incredible 18 in the semi-finals to set a new Olympic women’s game record.
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