Team USA earned the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Olympics after defeating Puerto Rico in the group finale.
Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has earned the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out of group play by rolling past Puerto Rico 104-83 on Saturday. The Americans — 3-0 in these Olympics, 8-0 so far this summer — will see Brazil in the win-or-go-home quarterfinals in Paris on Tuesday.
It was the first Olympic matchup between the nations since the Athens Games in 2004, when Puerto Rico ran away in the second quarter and went on to embarrass the U.S., 92-73, in what was James' debut in the tournament. A little different story this time. That day in Athens, Puerto Rico won the second quarter 28-7. This time, the U.S. won the second quarter 39-16.
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