USA breezes past Brazil in basketball quarterfinals to set up clash against Serbia

The United States overwhelmed Brazil 122-87 on Tuesday to book an Olympic basketball semi-final against comeback kings Serbia as hosts France lined up a last-four clash with World Cup champions Germany.

Devin Booker scored 18 points and Anthony Edwards added 17 as six US players scored in double figures.

That included Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who had 12 points, nine assists, three rebounds and three steals before he departed early in the third quarter after taking an inadvertent elbow to the eye.

He briefly visited the locker room then returned to watch his teammates polish off another dominant win.