Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and the U.S. women’s national team are one win away from a World Cup title.
Team USA advanced to the championship game with a 76-66 semifinal win over Spain on Saturday afternoon, surviving another uneven offensive performance and leaning on defense and free-throw shooting to get through.
Now, France is all that stands between Team USA and a fifth straight World Cup gold medal.
The championship game tips off Sunday at 2 p.m. ET (on TNT/TruTv/HBOMax) — I know, not ideal scheduling it on the first NFL Sunday of the season — after France handled Germany 86-64 in the other semifinal.
This win for Team USA wasn’t particularly pretty.
Both teams were held below 40% shooting and Team USA was just 3 for 18 (16.7%) from range despite being a collection of 12 of the best women’s players in the world. They simply haven’t shot it well from deep in this tournament.
They also recorded more turnovers (15) than assists (13), another sign of how disconnected the offense looked for long stretches. And they needed a jumpstart in both halves to get rolling.
That’s where the second unit has come in.
