It was a tale of two halves for Team USA Thursday morning but by game’s end, the Americans, led by Kevin Durant, were one game away from their fourth straight Olympic gold medal. Following two losses in exhibition games and a loss to France in the Olympics’ opening round, the US is rolling. Final score, Team USA, 97, Australia’s Boomers 78. It was a game that featured a 35-point turnaround from the first to the third quarters.
After struggling in the first half against Australia’s tenacious play on both ends of the court, Team USA caught fire behind the play of Kevin Durant in the late second, then buried the Boomers in the third.