After stumbling through its last three games of group play at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Americans appeared to wake up about six minutes into Wednesday's quarterfinal against Argentina.
With 4:01 left in the first quarter, Argentina upped its lead to 19-9. Thanks to a previously unseen level of defensive intensity, Team USA outscored the Argentines by 37 points from then on. If the Americans can sustain that effort through the semis, it should be able to advance past Spain and into the gold-medal game.
In the other semifinal, the surging Australians will take on Serbia.