US survive France cost to clinch eighth consecutive basketball gold medal – because it occurred

Exhale.

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Bad miss for Ionescu, but Wilson hits the offensive glass again and draws a foul. Both free throws made. What a run for the US star.

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Five seconds left, Johannes has to heave from midcourt.

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Have the USA weathered the storm?

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Young misses a poor floater in the lane.

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Wilson blocks a shot inside.

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Other end – Wilson misses on a drive. Gets her rebound. Misses again. Plum knocks it out off a French player to get possession.

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Wilson drives and misses, but Collier tips it in at the buzzer.

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We’re tied at halftime.

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Johannes scores a runner in the lane.

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The 35-year-old Sarah Michel gets a block inside!

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Rupert is all alone inside – for a second. Then four US defenders swarm and steal.

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Other end – Rupert fouls Thomas.

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In comes Brittney Griner, who has been through some horrors since the last Olympics.

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Thomas makes one of two. Collier gets the offensive rebound, but Thomas turns it over.

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Johannes races past Griner for the layup – quite a spark she has given France here.

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Plum drives, hands off to Griner, who scores with a nice post move.

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Johannes fires off a 3 but misses.

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Inside to Griner again. France isn’t stopping her. Two more points.

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France hold for final shot of the quarter. Missed.

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The current tally of gold medals:

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  China: 40

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  USA: 39

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For those who insist that countries should be ranked by gold medals rather than total medals or a weighting system, the tiebreaker is total medals, and unless the USA have to surrender 36 silver or bronze medals, they’ll win that count handily.

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So if you’re concerned with the top of the medal table, it’s all up to the US women today, in the last event of the Games, to claim that spot for the USA.

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(With massive thanks to Jennifer Valente for her track cycling win today, the USA’s 39th gold.)

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They’re the USA. What else do you need to know?

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Those of us of a certain age remember when beating the Soviet Union was a big, big deal. But the USA still took gold in 1988 in addition to the boycotted Games of 1984. After taking bronze in 1992, losing to the Soviet remnants on the “Unified Team” in the semifinals, then taking bronze in the 1994 World Cup after a 110-107 loss to Brazil, the US women have won seven straight Olympic golds and six of the last seven World Cups. Their only loss in Olympic or World Cup competition was in the 2006 World Cup semifinal against Russia.

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Four players from the mighty Las Vegas Aces are on the team – A’ja Wilson, point guard Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum, . Wilson was the top pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft. Gray was held back by injuries at Duke (gratuitous mention of my alma mater, the only one I’ll make), but she emerged as a WNBA star, she and Wilson were both on the gold medal squad in Tokyo. Young and Plum won gold in Tokyo on the 3×3 squad.

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Before Caitlin Clark captured the public’s imagination, the young phenom in women’s basketball was Sabrina Ionescu, whose dazzling career at the University of Oregon made her the top pick in 2020.

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Wilson is the team’s top scorer in France at 18.2 points per game, closely followed by Breanna Stewart at 18.0. Young has added 11.0. Wilson also leads the team in rebounds (9.6) and blocks (2.4), while Gray has 5.4 assists per game while playing less than 15 minutes per game.

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The captain was a controversial addition to the team – Diana Taurasi, one of the game’s all-time greats but not a strong contributor at age 42.

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In Paris, the US women have won comfortably but not overwhelmingly. Belgium, which bungled clock management down the stretch to lose the bronze-medal game to Australia earlier today, was tied with the USA after the first quarter but lost 87-74. Nigeria stayed somewhat close in the first half, fell far behind, then rallied to cut the final margin to 14.

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Never a powerhouse in the 20th century and the 2000s, France have reached the semifinals for the fourth straight Olympics, taking silver in 2012 and bronze in Tokyo.

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None of the team’s players are in the WNBA, but four of the team’s core players have been in the US league in the past.

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Women’s basketball players tend to hop back and forth between the WNBA and European or Asian leagues to maximize their earning potential, so deciding to skip a WNBA season in an Olympic year isn’t unusual.

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Gabby Williams, from Nevada originally, played for UConn and was the fourth overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft. She has spent five years in the WNBA and leads the French team in Paris in points per game (14.8) and minutes (26:03). Marine Johannes, who grew up in France and came across the Atlantic to spend some time with the New York Liberty, is the only other player in double figures, averaging 12.2. Johannes was the 2023 EuroCup MVP.

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As with the French men’s team, the French women’s team has no shortage of centers.

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Marieme Badiane (6-foot-3, no WNBA experience) is the leading rebounder with 5.6. Ilana Rupert (6-4) was the 12th pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft and won a championship with Las Vegas. The tallest (6-6) and youngest player is Cameroon-born Dominique Malonga, who has played sparingly at age 18 but maybe someone to watch in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

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Badiane and Valeriane Ayayi, who once played for San Antonio, are averaging roughly one and a half blocks per game.

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The captain is 35-year-old Sarah Michel.

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Will we see the Games end with the continuation of several of the Olympics’ most impressive streaks?

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Or will we see a titanic upset?

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And have we finished complaining that Caitlin Clark isn’t on the US roster?

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Let’s take a look at the final event of the Paris Olympics …

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Bryan Armen Graham has the report from Bercy Enviornment:

And now, the saddest a part of any four-year cycle – the longest wait till the following Summer season Olympic occasion.

Thanks for following this recreation and all the things else in these Olympics. See you in Los Angeles.

The Guardian’s medal count has simply had its last replace (pending no matter occurs with Jordan Chiles’ bronze). It is going to present the USA in first place. Barely. That is the USA’s fortieth gold medal in France, tied with China. However the USA had 44 silver medals to China’s 27.

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“I’m so pleased with the resilience my workforce confirmed,” says A’ja Wilson.

They had been down 10 within the third quarter. After they turned the tide, France raised their recreation, and the fourth quarter was an on the spot basic.

It’s the US-born Williams who impressed France all through this recreation. She had 19 factors, 7 rebounds and three steals.

A’ja Wilson is the participant who saved the USA right here, with 21 factors and 13 rebounds. Kahleah Copper was in all places within the second half and ended up with 12 factors and 5 large rebounds. Kelsey Plum had 12 factors and 4 assists.

USA win girls’s basketball gold and general gold-medal depend in Paris

Exhale.

France race up the court docket – Williams hits a shot, BUT SHE WAS INSIDE THE ARC!!

What a dreadful mistake by Williams! The officers focus on it, however her foot was clearly on the road.

It’s over!

3.8 ticks left. Copper hits first. And the second. France will want a 3 to pressure OT.

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Stewart will get the ball inbounds to Copper. Williams instantly fouls.

USA 65-64 France, 0:05 left, 4th quarter: Two greatest free throws of Kelsey Plum’s life.

Makes the primary. Makes the second.

France race down, and Williams hits an enormous 3!

USA 63-61 France, 0:11 left, 4th quarter: Copper fouls Johannes. Can’t do this. France can rating with the clock stopped, and Johannes certainly hits the primary free throw. And the second.

USA inbound, which has been tough, however they get it to Plum, and Williams fouls.

USA 63-59 France, 0:17 left, 4th quarter: Wilson misses the primary however hits the second. Two-possession recreation. Timeout France.

USA 62-59 France, 0:17 left, 4th quarter: Fauthoux fakes a shot, Stewart bites and goes within the air, Fauthoux places up the shot BUT STEWART RECOVERS TO DEFLECT THE SHOT!

Wilson rebound. Fouled. To the road.

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USA 62-59 France, 0:41 left, 4th quarter: Can the USA make it a two-possession recreation within the last minute?

Not but. Wilson travels beneath intense French stress.

USA 62-59 France, 0:54 left, 4th quarter: Williams with an airball from 3-point vary. Timeout France.

USA 62-59 France, 1:19 left, 4th quarter: Copper, who has been large within the second half, scores on a powerful drive.

USA 60-59 France, 1:32 left, 4th quarter: Copper misses a drive. Stewart rebound. Plum places up a 3 with loads of time on the shot clock. Why? Misses.

Williams hits a protracted 2. Timeout USA – that’s their final!

USA 60-57 France, 2:08 left, 4th quarter: Williams sinks each free throws. USA by 1.

Plum drives and attracts the foul from Fauthoux. Stable play. Hits the free throws. USA by 3.

Johannes turns it over, dropping her dribble and sending the ball out of bounds. That is the USA’s likelihood.

USA 58-55 France, 2:34 left, 4th quarter: Stewart hits one free throw however misses the second.

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Salaun misses a 3 regardless of a great display screen. Out of bounds, USA ball? Actually?

Lucky name, and Wilson’s jumper from the free-throw line hits the rim, bounces up, hits the highest of the backboard, and falls again by.

Fortunate sequence there for the USA. They observe up with good protection, however Stewart will get tied up on a rebound. Alternating possession to France.

Younger fouls Williams with a hand to the face far-off the ball. That’s 5. Younger is out.

USA 55-55 France, 3:45 left, 4th quarter: Ayayi misses, however Williams has the rebound. Misses, Stewart will get it, and Copper places it in for the lead!

Williams drives on the different finish and ties it!

Ayayi fouls Stewart, and the USA will name timeout.

This has become a terrific recreation. France took their 10-point lead on poor US play, however because the US rallied, France have raised their recreation.

USA 53-53 France, 4:35 left, 4th quarter: Ayayi picks Ionescu’s pocket. France can’t convert offensively.

Copper with a giant rebound. Drives, attracts a foul. Hits the free throws.

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USA 51-53 France, 5:04 left, 4th quarter: Ionescu fouls Fauthoux with a little bit bump on the 3-point line. France is within the bonus and will get free throws. She makes each. France by 2.

USA 51-51 France, 5:15 left, 4th quarter: Ayayi feeds inside to Badiane, who makes a pleasant put up transfer and restores the lead.

Wilson works in opposition to Badiane on the different finish and attracts a foul.

Breanna Stewart again in, as is Younger, who has 4 fouls. You solely get 5. Badiane additionally has 4.

Wilson ties it with two free throws.

USA 49-49 France, 5:54 left, 4th quarter: Miss for France, and two US gamers mistime their jumps for the rebound. France preserve possession.

Collier allegedly fouls Ayayi. Replay says in any other case. That’s not less than one missed name every approach.

Ayayi hits each free throws.

Plum misses a protracted 3, and 4 US gamers miss an opportunity to get the rebound. They find yourself kicking it, and it’s a turnover.

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USA 49-47 France, 6:40 left, 4th quarter: Copper attracts a foul inside and hits each free throws. One of many least-known gamers on this workforce, Copper has had an impression right here.

Badiane attracts a foul driving in opposition to Wilson. She sinks each free throws. Tied once more.

Plum is again in. Has Chelsea Grey performed this half? The place’s Griner?

Collier travels. Ayayi misses a wide-open nook 3, and Collier will get the rebound. Collier posts up on the different finish and attracts a foul on a mismatch.

Wilson hits over a double-team.

USA 45-45 France, 8:01 left, 4th quarter: Extra good US protection, and Johannes flings up an airball.

Younger misses one other straightforward one inside and commits her third foul.

Johannes steps out of bounds with the ball beneath stress.

Copper misses, and Younger once more commits a foul battling for the rebound. That’s 4.

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Badiane ties it.

In soccer phrases, A’ja Wilson was Mallory Swanson and Alyssa Naeher wrapped into one in that quarter.

Finish third quarter: USA 45-43 France

Unhealthy miss for Ionescu, however Wilson hits the offensive glass once more and attracts a foul. Each free throws made. What a run for the US star.

5 seconds left, Johannes has to heave from midcourt.

Have the USA weathered the storm?

USA 43-43 France, 0:25 left, third quarter: Wilson blocks a 3rd shot in fast succession, however Younger turns it over and fouls.

Johannes misses a troublesome jumper whereas falling. Copper will get the rebound. Rupert fouls her close to midfield.

One other Ionescu help, and it’s a magnificence, discovering Collier simply as she springs free inside.

Different finish, Badiane loses it, and Ionescu collects.

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Lengthy possession, and Collier misses a 3.

Turnover France.

Plum misses a turnaround jumper, France race the opposite approach, and Johannes calmly drains a 3 over Wilson.

USA 41-40 France, 2:31 left, third quarter: It’s all Wilson now. Double-teamed within the put up, scores anyway.

Rupert misses a 3, and the rebound goes to … Wilson.

Ionescu takes it and finds Collier large open for the drive, and the USA reclaim the lead.

USA 37-40 France, 3:16 left, third quarter: Wilson with a large block on Badiane.

Younger misses, however Wilson has the rebound and attracts a foul from Williams, who has been remarkably quiet throughout France’s run on this quarter.

Wilson hits two free throws.

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And Wilson retains up her good run on the different finish, blocking a Lacan shot with emphasis. Johannes fouls Younger in transition.

USA 35-40 France, 4:06 left, third quarter: Younger misses a 3, however Copper will get the offensive rebound and Stewart hits a troublesome drive.

Lacan beats everybody backdoor and scores.

Plum throws it out of bounds.

Sabrina Ionescu lastly is available in.

USA 33-38 France, 5:19 left, third quarter: Misses at both finish.

Younger dishes to Plum for a 3 – shades of the 3×3 in Tokyo!

Johannes is shaken up again on the different finish, and the gang needed a foul on Wilson. Replay reveals … ouch, yeah.

Lacan drives, scores and attracts a foul from Plum. Hits the free throw.

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Would this be a great time to level out that France gave up a 22-0 run in opposition to Belgium within the semi-final?

USA 30-35 France, 5:59 left, third quarter: Badiane steals a Plum move. Wilson fouls Badiane on a drive. France will go to the road to take a 10-point lead.

Badiane hits each.

The USA can barely get the ball inbounds. Copper tries a low-percentage drive, however France bail them out with a turnover.

PLUM WITH A CORNER 3. The French run ends at 10.

Ayayi tries to drive on Stewart. Plum will get the rebound and feeds Wilson in transition. Lead is minimize in half.

US steal. Copper off to the races and is fouled.

Timeout France.

If Diana Taurasi was on this roster as a steadying affect, then why isn’t she coming in to regular issues? If she wasn’t right here as a steadying affect, why was she on the roster as an alternative of Caitlin Clark?

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(The reply is as a result of Clark leads the WNBA by a large margin in turnovers, however …)