Photos: US Women's Basketball team on to final

Lisa Leslie goes up for a basket.

Diana Taurasi and Tina Thompson combined for 36 points, eight of them three-pointers, to lead the United States to a tough win over Russia 67-52 in the semifinal of the Women's Basketball tournament on Thursday, August 21

Oxana Rakhmatulina lays up the ball.

American and Russian basketball players vie for the ball.

Lisa Leslie goes for a basket.

Diana Taurasi goes up for a basket.



Rebekka Linn Hammon (L) passes the ball.