Photos: US Women's Basketball team on to final

Lisa Leslie goes up for a basket. (Photo credit: Meng Yongmin/Xinhua)

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. (Photo credit: Li Jundong/Xinhua)

American and Russian basketball players vie for the ball. (Photo credit: Li Jundong/Xinhua)

Lisa Leslie goes for a basket. (Photo credit: Li Jundong/Xinhua)

Diana Taurasi goes up for a basket. (Photo credit: Meng Yongmin/Xinhua)

Rebekka Linn Hammon (L) passes the ball. (Photo credit: Li Jundong/Xinhua)