USA routs Australia, advances to Semis

"Nothing is more motivating than a Bronze" that were the captions published in one of the newspapers in China featuring LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. Team USA are now assured to get get in the medal tally as they rout the Aussies 116-85.

Who can beat team US in this tourney? who wins by an average close to 30 points per game and on this game they proved they are unstoppable.

The game was close on the first half, the lead of the Americans were only 12 after half time. But Kobe Bryant put on an NBA MVP performance on the 2nd half bursting with 9 quick points in the first 3 minutes of the 2nd half, team USA continued the hot pursuit with a 14-0 run that ballooned the lead to 69-43.

Bryant finished with a tournament high 25 points on 10-16 shooting. LeBron James contributed 16 points. Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut get into early foul trouble that kept him on the bench and got only 4 points for Australia.

Team USA will wait for the winner between Argentina and Greece for the semifinals on friday.