Team USA beat Australia in basketball semi-final to reach gold-medal game

Team USA recovered from a shaky start to beat Australia 97-78 and reach their fourth consecutive Olympic gold-medal basketball game at Tokyo 2020.

Australia had led by 15 points in the second quarter before the three-time defending champions launched a 34-point run to overturn the deficit.

That comeback was spearheaded by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, the latter outscoring Australia single-handedly in the third quarter.

France or Slovenia await in the final.

They play in Thursday’s other semi-final at 12:00 BST for a place in Saturday’s gold medal game.

Durant top-scored for Team USA with 23 points, with Booker adding 20.

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