--- title: Tokyo Olympics Women's Basketball: U.S. Dominates Australia description: Team USA beat the Australians by 24 points, 55-79 in a quarterfinal game at the Tokyo Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/6087208/us-basketball-wins-australia-tokyo-olympics/ author: Amy Gunia article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-08-04T06:13:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T10:11:53.002Z article:section: Sports og:title: U.S. Wallops Australia in Women's Basketball Quarterfinal at Tokyo Olympics og:description: Team USA has now won 53-straight Olympic games, last losing in 1992 og:url: https://time.com/6087208/us-basketball-wins-australia-tokyo-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte832d26052896ea0/698a1b9e096a9460f76ab823/diana-taurasi-olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: diana-taurasi-olympics og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: U.S. Wallops Australia in Women's Basketball Quarterfinal at Tokyo Olympics twitter:description: Team USA has now won 53-straight Olympic games, last losing in 1992 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte832d26052896ea0/698a1b9e096a9460f76ab823/diana-taurasi-olympics.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # U.S. Wallops Australia in Women's Basketball Quarterfinal at Tokyo Olympics > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Aug 4, 2021 6:13 AM UTC  Diana Taurasi #12 of Team USA moves the ball up court against Cayla George #15 of Team Australia during the first half of a Women's Basketball Quarterfinals game on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on August 04, 2021. Diana Taurasi #12 of Team USA moves the ball up court against Cayla George #15 of Team Australia during the first half of a Women's Basketball Quarterfinals game on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on August 04, 2021. Kevin C. Cox—Getty Images by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Aug 4, 2021 6:13 AM UTC The U.S. women’s basketball team won a decisive victory against Australia in [Olympic quarterfinals](https://time.com/6087209/sydney-mclaughlin-hurdles-gold/) on Wednesday, continuing a winning streak that has lasted since 1992. The Australian Opals, who are ranked second in the world after the U.S. by [the International Basketball Federation](https://www.fiba.basketball/rankingwomen), scored the game’s first basket, but the Americans had a strong start, ending the first quarter with a 14 point lead. The Australians spent the rest of the game trying to catch up, but they went into halftime 21 points behind, before losing by 24 points, 55-79. Team USA—which faces Serbia on Friday—is a favorite to win gold. The team has won [the last six Olympic gold medals](https://time.com/4460243/u-s-women-win-6th-straight-olympic-gold-and-no-theyre-not-too-good/) and it is seeking a seventh at the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The team has now won 53-straight Olympic games, last losing in 1992 against the Unified Team—which included Russia and other ex-Soviet republics. Despite its winning streak, Team USA’s wins in Tokyo have been far from comfortable. The team beat Nigeria by only 9 points in the opening game on July 27, and scores have come close in its other games. American basketball star [Sue Bird](https://time.com/6077126/sue-bird-tokyo-olympics/), the WNBA’s all-time [assists leader](https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/leaders/ast%5Fcareer.html), attributed the team’s performance so far to a lack of practice with several new players, and the fact that the rest of the world’s teams are getting better. “I feel like we’ve been telling you guys for years that we’re making it look easy, something that’s really hard,” Bird said Friday, [according to ESPN](https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/%5F/id/31917418/team-usa-beats-host-japan-extend-olympics-win-streak-tokyo-games-women-basketball-tournament). “Now what you’re seeing is, we told you so, it is hard. That’s not to say we’re not headed in the right direction.” **READ MORE:** [_Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez Are Team USA’s Flag Bearers for Tokyo. Why That’s a Good Choice_](https://time.com/6082180/team-usa-flag-bearer-sue-bird-eddy-alvarez/) The Australian Opals headed to the Games without star player [Liz Cambage](https://time.com/6077111/athletes-to-watch-toyko-olympics/). Cambage, who plays for the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, pulled out of the Olympics in mid-July, citing mental health concerns. She said that the thought of [entering the Olympic bubble](https://time.com/6077130/tokyo-olympics-covid19-disaster/)—which requires athletes to isolate from the Japanese public and maintain strict social distancing rules—gave her panic attacks. The Tokyo Games mark Bird’s fifth Olympic appearance, and she’s chasing a fifth gold medal. Winning it would make her and American teammate Diana Taurasi the first basketball players to ever win five basketball golds. Bird and American baseball player [Eddy Alvarez](https://apnews.com/article/miami-marlins-eddy-alvarez-europe-winter-olympics-2020-tokyo-olympics-134cae446293081622369aa400524293)—who has combined an Olympic short-track speed skating career with a baseball one—carried the American flag at the [Opening Ceremony on July 23](https://time.com/5687730/tokyo-olympics-opening-ceremony-2021/). ### **Read more about the Tokyo Olympics:** * [Naomi Osaka: ‘It’s O.K. to Not Be O.K.’](https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian Allyson Felix. She Wouldn’t Let It](https://time.com/6077124/allyson-felix-tokyo-olympics?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [‘Unapologetic and Unafraid.’ Sue Bird Stares Down Olympic Glory in Tokyo and Equity Off the Court](https://time.com/6077126/sue-bird-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Meet 6 Heroes Who Helped Battle COVID-19 Before Competing in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics](https://time.com/6077122/tokyo-olympics-athletes-covid-19-frontlines/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Here’s How Many Medals Every Country Has Won at the Tokyo Summer Olympics So Far](https://time.com/6083866/summer-olympics-medals-by-country-tokyo-2021/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [48 Athletes to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics](https://time.com/6077111/athletes-to-watch-toyko-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [The Olympic Refugee Team Was Created to Offer Hope. 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