depth and the defense and the versatility, the energy and the effort that this team played with, geno auriemma called a time-out against china and he said "it's fun just to watch you guys play basketball." when's the last time a coach ever said that in a huddle. >> sue bird kind of rolled her eyes when he said that. certainly, he said i was a fan, just watching the way you guys executed. certainly every game was not as cleanly played as they would have liked it but there were so many times on the court that they showed such brillian and you wonder what this team would be like if they could have two months together. the players have said, we'd be pretty scary. >> daal ackerman handing out the flowers. they play the national anthem once at the end of the gold medal game. >> please stand for the playing of the national anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. women's basketball team claiming its fifth consecutive gold medal. that completes our daytime coverage here on day 15. a reminder, olympic primetime with bob costas. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow.

depth and the defense and the versatility, the energy and the effort that this team played with, geno auriemma called a time-out against china and he said "it's fun just to watch you guys play basketball." when's the last time a coach ever said that in a huddle. >> sue bird kind of rolled her eyes when he said that. certainly, he said i was a fan, just watching the way you guys executed. certainly every game was not as cleanly played as they would have liked it but there were so many times on the court that they showed such brillian and you wonder what this team would be like if they could have two months together. the players have said, we'd be pretty scary. >> daal ackerman handing out the flowers. they play the national anthem once at the end of the gold medal game. >> please stand for the playing of the national anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. women's basketball team claiming its fifth consecutive gold medal. that completes our daytime coverage here on day 15. a reminder, olympic primetime with bob costas. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow.

geno auriemma's women's basketball team looks like a safe bet for the gold medal. calling card is defense. angel mccoughtry steal and ends with the lovely finish. team u.s.a. only up three after one. dawn taurasi -- diana taurasi had 22. united states outscored china 30-8 in the second to win 114-66. u.s.a. advancing to the knockout round facing canada tuesday. please stay with us. check of the forecast with lowell right after this. >> just want to show you one more time here most of the channel 11 viewing area, thunderstorm watch until 9:00. see the band of thunderstorms behind the one that just moved through here so just be careful of that and mindful. you should have a clear next couple of hours. first seven-day is concerned, tomorrow we have more than rain and thunderstorms. gives way to a nice couple days through thursday and our next chance of rain comes in friday, saturday and sunday. again, don't think it will be a washout as of right now. >> lowell, thank you. that's it for 11 news at 6:00. thank you for joining us. "nightly news" is next. see you back her

depth and the defense and the versatility, the energy and the effort that this team played with, geno auriemma called a time-out against china and he said "it's fun just to watch you guys play basketball." when's the last time a coach ever said that in a huddle. >> sue bird kind of rolled her eyes when he said that. certainly, he said i was a fan, just watching the way you guys executed. certainly every game was not as cleanly played as they would have liked it but there were so many times on the court that they showed such brillian and you wonder what this team would be like if they could have two months together. the players have said, we'd be pretty scary. >> daal ackerman handing out the flowers. they play the national anthem once at the end of the gold medal game. >> please stand for the playing of the national anthem of the united states of america. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. women's basketball team claiming its fifth consecutive gold medal. that completes our daytime coverage here on day 15. a reminder, olympic primetime with bob costas. for al michaels, i'm dan patrick. talk to you tomorrow.