Former Duke women’s basketball star Chelsea Gray dishes out 13 assists in Olympic victory

Team USA opened the Olympic women’s basketball tournament with a 102-76 victory over Japan partially thanks to Chelsea Gray’s 13 assists.

The United States women’s basketball team, one of the most dominant Olympic squads in recent history, opened up with more of the same in Paris.

Monday’s 102-76 victory over Japan was powered, in part, by former Duke basketball star [autotag]Chelsea Gray[/autotag]’s 13 (yes, 13) assists.

Gray, a three-time WNBA champion who won each of the last two titles with the Las Vegas Aces, only scored two points but sliced and diced the Japanese defense to set up her teammates. For context, Japan only logged 23 assists as a team.

Fans haven’t seen Gray much so far in 2024. She missed the start of the season with a foot injury she suffered during the 2023 WNBA Finals. She still made the Olympic team despite her absence, a testament to Team USA’s opinion of her talent, and returned to the Aces last month.

Gray played for the United States in Tokyo at the last Olympic Games, the most recent of Team USA’s seven consecutive gold medals.

Watch Gray’s final assist of the day, a no-look dish to Breanna Stewart into the paint, below. It’s worth the time.

The next game for Team USA comes on Thursday against Belgium.