.Brian Windhorst, ESPN Elderly Person WriterAug 7, 2024, 05:28 PM ETCloseESPN.com NBA author due to the fact that 2010.Dealt With Cleveland Cavs for 7 years.Author of two booksPARIS-- The mixture of A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart has actually verified to become a devasting combination for the Team U.S.A. females, relevant where there is actually a case establishing that they can discuss the Olympics The majority of Prized Possession Player Award.But there is actually a new duo surfacing, though not a surprising one, that's confirmed to become a big boost as the Americans pursue one more gold medal.Las Vegas Aces allies Kelsey Plum as well as Jackie Youthful have actually boosted to be difference-makers in France and also participated in key duties in Staff United States's 88-74 success over Nigeria in the quarterfinals.It signified the staff's 59th successive Olympic victory and also sets up a semifinal competition versus Australia, champions over Serbia Wednesday, on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.Jackie Youthful do with double-digit aspects for the 2nd straight video game, firing 60% coming from the industry in the USA' get Nigeria. CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockCoach Cheryl Reeve relocated Youthful right into the starting lineup instead of veteran Diana Taurasi versus Nigeria, a crew understood for participating in higher pressure full-court protection that tests setting against guards.It was actually an incentive after Youthful racked up 19 factors with four takes off the seat in the ultimate swimming pool play activity versus Germany. She responded with one more great efficiency, having fun with energy at each ends together with yet another Aces ally, Chelsea Gray, in the backcourt.Young racked up 15 points and also aided lug the united state offense early in the game as the Americans got off to a little a slow-moving begin by their standards.Nigeria was behind through just 4 factors midway through the second quarter. That is actually when Reeve visited Plum, that was the 12th as well as final gamer to go into the ready the Americans. Plum immediately modified the activity along with her death and also velocity on the outrageous end, dispensing three quick helps and nailing a 3-pointer. Plum do with simply six factors yet her six-minute shift to complete the first fifty percent led to a plus-11 on the scoreboard to drive the result in 19 at one-half. The united state after that began the second one-half on a 15-0 run and the stress and anxiety was actually done for the evening.Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson as well as Stewart, that came into the activity averaging a matching 20.3 scores every activity, played their company of competent bully ball. Wilson put in twenty aspects on 9-of-11 capturing with 11 rebounds as well as 2 blocks. Stewart possessed 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting along with 5 rebounds and three assists.Brittney Griner came off the bench to credit rating 11 ideas on 4-of-5 capturing. Those 3 internal scorers integrating for 16-of-21 is challenging to beat.The U.S. went into the video game averaging 29 aids and also again applied a ball-sharing center through putting together 31 more.Promise Amukamara led Nigeria, which cut the top down to as low as 13 in the 4th quarter, with 19 points. The activity finished with a little bit of edge when the USA's Kahleah Copper obtained a specialized nasty for tossing the ball at Nigeria's Ezinne Kalu after she scored in the ultimate seconds.