Olympic Tokyo 2020 : Women's Basketball #22 - USA vs Japan

For the 51st consecutive Olympic victory, the United States defeats Japan.

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Japan scored 30 points in the first half, but only 39 points the rest of the way as the United States put its defensive house in line to improve to 2-0 in the competition.

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USA #10 Breanna Stewart scores 15 points, with three 3-pointers, 13 rebounds, six assist and two blocked shots.

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USA #9 A'Ja Wilson scores 20 points, with two free throws, ten rebounds, three assist and three blocked shots.

USA #10 Breanna Stewart and USA #9 A'Ja Wilson both had double-doubles in the win, with Wilson scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to make it four games in a row with double-digit rebounds and points in the tournament.

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"We still have a lot of work to do," Wilson told NBC's Corey Robinson after the game. "Japan gave us a good run. All of us bigs had to guards the guards so it kinda challenged us in our way but we went to our strengths and we got the dub."

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In the game, Japan #27 Saki Hayashi led Japan with 12 points, while Japan #99 Monica Okoye added 11.

United States (USA) 86 - 69 (JPN) Japan
28 [Quarter1] 30
21 [Quarter2] 10
16 [Quarter3] 13
21 [Quarter4] 16

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Current Tournament summary

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