RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Serbia stormed to an early lead then held on to rout Australia 87-61 on Friday and advance to the gold medal game of the men's Olympic basketball tournament for the first time as an independent nation.
Tiny Serbia will now take on basketball superpower United States on Sunday in a David versus Goliath final.
The only team with a losing record (2-3) to make it out of the group stage, Serbia caught Australia flat-footed holding the misfiring Boomers to just five points in the opening quarter, then put them in a 35-14 halftime hole they could never escape.