LONDON — Suffocating, smothering and down right stingy. The U.S. women’s basketball team used a dominant defensive effort to advance to the Olympic semi-finals.
Now they’ll face a challenge trying to contain Australia’s huge front line of 6-foot-8 Liz Cambage and 6-5 Lauren Jackson to get back to their fifth straight gold medal game.
“We’ve played Australia enough times to know their perimeter guys are good, but the strength of their team is Lauren and Cambage,” said U.S. coach Geno Auriemma after a 91-48 win over Canada in the quarter-finals Tuesday. “They’re what make that team go. I think they’re going to impose themselves on us.”
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