Here’s a headline you won't see too often: Japan women shock undefeated U.S. in Olympic basketball
Okay, it’s 3x3 but still. The US and Japan live in entirely different basketball universes.
Fortunately it doesn’t much matter. The US, led by Duke coach Kara Lawson, is on to the medal round regardless and will play France early Wednesday morning (we’re not staying up for it).
If the US wins, it will move to to Gold Medal game vs. the winner of China vs. Russian Olympic Committee (if you don’t know, Russia was formally banned from the Tokyo games for PED abuses so the athletes are competing under the committee’s name).