The USA continued their marketing campaign for a fifth straight Olympic gold medal with a 122-87 victory over Brazil of their males’s quarter-final.
The victory for the serial winners by no means regarded unsure, as they took a 63-38 lead at half-time.
Brazil briefly pushed again after the break, outscoring their opponents by 4 factors within the third quarter.
However a group rammed with NBA expertise added 28 factors to Brazil’s 16 within the final 10 minutes to safe a semi-final in opposition to Serbia on Thursday.
The Serbs set-up the fixture with an extra time victory in opposition to Australia of their quarter-final.
With the scores stage at 92-92 on the finish of the fourth quarter, Serbia outscored the Tokyo bronze medallists 13-8 within the first extra time session to take the win.
Tokyo silver medallists France will play Germany within the different semi-final after they defeated Canada 82-73.
Germany, who’ve by no means gained an Olympic basketball medal, beat Greece 76-63 of their quarter-final.
Workforce USA options 12 NBA All-Stars, 4 NBA MVPs and 6 NBA champions, who’ve 11 Olympic appearances and 10 gold medals mixed.