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Fresh off a loss to a team of WNBA All-Stars, USA women's basketball got on track Tuesday in its only international warmup ahead of the Olympics.
Team USA cruised to an 84-57 win over Germany in London on its path to Paris. Up next: Japan in Olympic group play on Monday.
A'ja Wilson — the two-time WNBA MVP and a favorite to win her third this season — led the way with 19 points, 14 rebounds, two steals and two blocks in 25 minutes. She had a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) at halftime and paced USA throughout the win.
Breanna Stewart added 15 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals. Diana Taurasi, who will be competing in her sixth Olympics, finished with five points, two rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes as a starter. It wasn't a particularly strong shooting effort by Team USA (41.7% from the field), but the U.S. limited Germany to 29.4% shooting and forced 17 German turnovers in the 40-minute game.
USA converted that defense into a dominant transition game while outscoring Germany 25-5 in fast-break points.
USA seeks to maintain Olympic dominance in Paris
USA basketball will head to Paris seeking to maintain one of the most dominant runs in Olympics history. The U.S. women have won 55 straight Olympic contests en route to seven consecutive gold medals dating back to the 1996 Atlanta Games. Their last loss in the Olympics arrived at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, where they won bronze.
They're odds-on favorites to secure gold again in Paris. There was little on Tuesday to indicate their status otherwise.
USA jumped out to a 22-9 first-quarter lead and carried a 44-32 lead into halftime. Germany, which features three WNBA players in Leonie Fiebich and sisters Satou Sabally and Nyara Sabally, never cut its deficit to single digits from there. Team USA kept the pressure on through the fourth quarter to secure the 27-point win.
The contest was a preview of a group-stage game in Paris. After taking on Japan, USA will face Belgium on Aug. 1 and then Germany again on Aug. 4 in its group-stage finale.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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