BASKETBALL: LADIES OLYMPIC SEMIFINALS

Yesterday we had two great semifinals in the gentlemens category when France defeated Germany and Team Serbia almost stunned the USA. France will face Belgium in front of their fanatic home crowd and Team USA will square off with Australia. Will it be a final between USA and France in the ladies category as well?

TEAM USA VS TEAM AUSTRALIA

USA defeated Nigeria in the quarter finals 88 - 74 and Nigeria put up a good fight over the heavily favoured Team USA. In the end the American roster is so deep that they are really hard to defeat. Anyways shoutout to Team Nigeria for the way they played at the Olympics. Team USA will square off With Team Australia in the semi final. Australia got the better of Serbia in the quarter final (85 - 67). Team USA are still undefeated at the Olympics and the roster is stacked with talents like Aja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Brenna Stewart and Diana Taunasi to mention a few of them. So Australia have a really big challenge in front of them and absolutely nothing to lose. A couple of the Australian players pretty much need to have the game of their lives if they want to win the game. One of them is Lauren Jackson is very important for the squad and she is the leader of the team. Ezi Magbegor and Cayla George are two important players for Australia.

TEAM FRANCE VS TEAM BELGIUM

Team Belgium had some adversities in the group stage but they survived and then they played really well in the quarter final when they defeated Team Spain quiet easily (79 - 66). Belgium is a very well coached team that doesn’t mind playing physical, or hard, at all. It is one of their main strengths on the court. Team France have a great advantage in terms of the home crowd that will rally behind them. The support for Team France will be nothing less than massive. In the quarter final the hosts got the better of Germany. They won 84 - 71. France doesn’t allow many turnovers which could be a crucial factor in this matchup. They take care of the basketball in a very good manner. France must make life hard for Emma Meeseman, the topscorer of the event so far (24.5 points per game). In their last two games Belgium has shot well from behind the arc.

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