The Opals have revealed the moment their Paris campaign came to life and fired a shot at their American rivals to add spice to an improbable Olympic semi-final task.
The United States' women's basketball team are on a 59-game Olympic winning streak and chasing an eighth-straight title in Paris.
But the WNBA-stacked Opals have thrown down the challenge to their "s***-talking" rivals, confident they have the muscle required in what's become a Games of attrition.