The USA Basketball team plans to keep things golden in final game

After poor showings against Austria, Serbia, and France-who all came close to scoring 100 points on the Americans-the United States has held Argentina to 78 points and now Spain to 76 points.

“It’s pretty incredible”, Taurasi said. Runner Allyson Felix got her fifth gold medal with a win in the 400-m relay.

Both teams played with a lot of heart and spirit, but there could only be ONE victor! The US men now boast a 137-5 all-time record in Olympic play and have won a medal in 14 of the 17 Olympic men’s basketball competitions in which they have competed.

“Super special”, Moore said.

This was the last gold medal of the 2016 Rio on Sunday and the 25th Olympic victory of the USA, which also had flawless 8-0 records in 2008 Beijing and 2012 London, Xinhua news agency reported.

Serbia’s reward? Silver medals seemed like too nice of a prize for this performance, except to those who remember how the team shredded Joe Ingles, Andrew Bogut and the Australians in the semifinals.

“It’s historic for our country. For me, it’s a dream come true”, said Alba Torrens, who led Spain with 18 points.

“This medal pays off so much work these past years”. This wasn’t the medal they wanted, but after losing their first two games in Brazil, it beats nothing.

Team USA may be totally dominating the Rio Olympics in the medal department, but it’s the women on the team who are truly killing it. In our eyes, both teams are considered champions for the amount of effort and training they put into preparing for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.

The U.S. men have always been an unstoppable force, taking gold in 15 of the 18 Olympics in which they have participated. Team USA took a 16-14 lead in the final minute, which was their first lead of the game. The Americans still hustled and fought for rebounds despite leading by over 40 at one point.

LeBron ended the game with 19 points, including a clutch three-pointer with the game in the balance and a rim-rattling dunk.

Whalen sank a fast break layup at the halftime buzzer to give the Americans their largest lead yet at 49-32 and Spain never trailed by less again. Serbia has real talent on the roster – Denver big man Nikola Jokic had 25 points when these two met in group play. Uzbekistan’s Fazliddin Gaibnazarov broke down in tears at the end of his gold medal match against Azerbiajan’s Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo.

A STORYBOOK TOURNAMENT As the U.S. anthem finished, Taurasi smiled and screamed.

“We weren’t sure we were going to have that kind of success coming in”, said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun, noting the track and swimming teams had plenty of first-time Olympians.

United States coach Geno Auriemma said even as global rivals improve, so does the U.S. committment to excellence.