Olympic basketball 2016: Bracket, schedule, scores and more for men’s competition

The biggest international basketball competition did not disappoint,, and neither did Team USA as it once again worked through the world’s best teams and won the gold medal, like it has in the past two Olympics. There were 11 other national teams hoping to pull off a historic upset, but even with Team USA’s shaky defense in group play, it managed to find ways to win in each and every game. Scroll down for the latest scores and results.

There have been surprises in the past at the Olympic level. Now that the U.S. got by Argentina and Spain, Coach K’s team is on to the gold medal game. On the other side of the bracket, Serbia blitzed Australia to set up the gold medal meeting with the Americans.

It was all USA in the final, as Kevin Durant led the way for the Americans as they captured their third straight gold medal.

Host nation Brazil, on the other hand, was eliminated in the group stages. They can thank a double-overtime loss to regional rivals Argentina for that.

There are two groups of six teams. Every team in each groups plays against one another and the top four from each group move on to the quarterfinals.

The top-seeded team from Group A faces the fourth-seeded team from Group B, and vice versa. Second-seeded squads face the third seed from the other group. The winners move on to the semifinals, which determine the finalists and the teams that battle for the bronze medal.

You can click here to check the standings and see the bracket after the preliminary round.

Australia 90, Lithuania 64: This quarterfinal was never close. How’s that for sending a message to the other medal contenders?

Spain 92, France 67: This is likely Tony Parker’s final Olympics, and he’ll close his international career failing to ever get a signature Olympic win while playing for France.

United States 105, Argentina 78: After falling behind early, the U.S. got its defense together and dominated their former rivals.

Serbia 86, Croatia 83: A wild game ended with Serbia edging out its rivals in the closing seconds.

USA 82, Spain 76: The United States hit nine three-pointers, led by Klay Thompson’s 22 points on 4-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. DeAndre Jordan was also a monster inside for the United States, finishing with nine points, 16 rebounds and four blocks.

Serbia 87, Australia 61: This was a blowout from start to finish. Milos Teodosic led the way with 22 points and five assists.

Spain 89, Australia 88: A controversial late foul call on the Aussies put Sergio Rodriguez at the line, where the veteran guard sank the game-winning free throws. Pau Gasol led the way for Spain with 31 points.

USA 96, Serbia 66: There was no controversy in the title tilt as Team USA simply kept up a steady assault on the rim and pulled away for its third-consecutive Olympics gold medal.

Australia 87, France 66: The Olympics already have one surprise. Australia jumped all over silver medal favorite France early, then blew them out in the second half after a Tony Parker flurry got the score close at halftime.

United States 119, China 62: That was about as easy as everyone expected for Team USA.

Serbia 86, Venezuela 62: Serbia got its Olympics started well, turning a 14-14 tie into a 40-23 halftime lead before cruising to victory.

Lithuania 82, Brazil 76: Lithuania raced out to a whopping 30-point lead by making almost every shot, but they almost blew it in the end.

Croatia 72, Spain 70: The young Croatians took the lead in the fourth quarter and pulled off the upset. How about that Dario Saric block!

Argentina 94, Nigeria 66: This game was basically over by halftime.

Australia 95, Serbia 80: The Boomers turned a tight game into a rout in the fourth quarter to earn their second signature victory.

United States 113, Venezuela 69: After a slow start, that was about as easy as everyone expected for Team USA.

France 88, China 60: France bounced back from its awful debut to cruise to an easy victory.

Brazil 66, Spain 65: Marquinhos tipped in a miss from Marcelo Huertas in the closing seconds to give Brazil the upset victory and drop Spain to 0-2 in pool play.

Lithuania 89, Nigeria 80: A strong third quarter was enough for Lithuania to pull away.

Argentina 90, Croatia 82: A late Croatian comeback was far too little, too late.

France 76, Serbia 75: Tony Parker’s leaning corner jumper with 31 seconds left gave France a pivotal victory in a marquee Group A matchup.

USA 98, Australia 88: Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving needed to step up late to help put away Australia after a surprisingly close game for the Americans.

Venezuela 72, China 68: A close game went down to the wire, but the Venezuelans earned their first victory in Rio behind Nestor Colmenares’ 16 points.

Croatia 80, Brazil 76: The Croatians were able to do just enough to hold off a spirited Brazil comeback to get the victory.

Spain 96, Nigeria 87: Spain’s defense was again porous, but they still had just enough to get by a poor Nigeria team.

Lithuania 81, Argentina 73: Led by 22 points from future Knicks forward Mindaugas Kuzminskas notched a pivotal victory in the battle for first place in Group B.

Australia 93, China 68: Even with Andrew Bogut resting, the Boomers dominated and eliminated China from medal round contention.

United States 97, Serbia 94: That was WAY closer than expected.

France 96, Venezuela 56: France found its groove and shot over 61 percent from the floor en route to its third consecutive win in the group stage.

Argentina 111, Brazil 107: The game of the tournament -- and possibly much more. Led by 37 points from Andres Nocioni and 33 from Facundo Campazzo, Argentina rallied from eight points down with 2:30 left in regulation to stun its continental rivals in double overtime.

Spain 109, Lithuania 59: Spain finally got its groove back in a huge way, crushing previously-undefeated Lithuania in a show of power.

Nigeria 90, Croatia 76: An especially damaging loss for Croatia, who now risks missing out on the medal round and could find itself facing Team USA even if they make it.

United States 100, France 97: Klay Thompson finally got going, but Team USA’s defense was still awful even with Tony Parker sitting for France.

Australia 81, Venezuela 56: The Boomers cemented themselves as this tournament’s second favorites with a convincing victory.

Serbia 94, China 60: This game was essentially meaningless, but it was still a poor effort from China.

Brazil 86, Nigeria 69: Brazil ended its tournament with a decisive victory, but it wasn’t enough to make the medal rounds.

Spain 92, Argentina 73: Rudy Fernandez dropped 23 points as Spain continued its impressive resurgence after losing its first two group stage games.

Croatia 90, Lithuania 81: Banner performances from Bojan Bogdanovic, Krunoslav Simon and Dario Saric carried Croatia to a critical victory that put them atop Group A.