A 90-75 rout of Tokyo 2020 host nation Japan confirmed yet another Olympic triumph and 55th Games win in a row
Here was a familiar and routine experience on the concluding day of this uncertain and dissonant Olympics.
The sound of inevitability is the strains of the Star-Spangled-Banner in a basketball arena during a medal ceremony. It is hard to write about American Olympic basketball without deploying the word “consecutive” or synonyms thereof. These are not just teams, they are dynasties, reliably and relentlessly brilliant.
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