RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL—The 2016 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team (7-0) led the entire 40 minutes and fought its way to an 82-76 win over Spain (4-3) to advance to the gold medal game of the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday afternoon at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. The win extended the U.S. men’s Olympic win streak to 24 games.
The U.S. defeated Spain in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medal games, but in 2016 it will face Serbia (5-2), 87-61 winner over Australia (5-2) in Friday's second semifinal. The Americans will meet Serbia at 2:45 p.