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NEW YORK -- Diana Taurasi and the U.S. womens national basketball team capped off their pre-Olympic tour with a dominant offensive show against Australia.Taurasi scored 15 of her 20 points during a 5-minute span in the third quarter to help the Americans beat Australia 104-89 on Sunday in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden.It kind of just happened, Taurasi said. On this team you cant force the issue that much we have so many talented players. It metamorphosed into something without even trying. Today it happened to me. Next month well take turns filling that role. Today it was just me.Elena Delle Donne added 19 points for the Americans in the final tuneup for both teams before they head to Rio for the Olympics that begin next weekend. The Americans won every game on their exhibition tour, starting with a four-point victory over a U.S. select team. They also cruised to wins over Canada and France. The U.S. will make a brief stop in Houston to meet up with the mens team before flying to Rio on TuesdayThis was the first time in a long time that the U.S. played a pre-Olympic tour on home soil.Its been awesome, Taurasi said. To be on this team for this long and it most likely be my last go. The last three games in front of Delaware fans, Connecticut and then the Garden where theres a different feel, different electricity. ... Its given us a lot of confidence going into Rio.The U.S. and Australia are the top two teams in the world and are expected to face off for the gold medal in Rio at the Olympics. The Americans have won the last five Olympic gold medals while Australia has won either the silver or bronze at every one since 1996.Even though we lost we got a lot of confidence out of this game, Australia coach Brendan Joyce said. We have a bit of a rougher road to a potential rematch with them for a gold medal in Rio.The Australians got off to a strong start hitting six of their first 10 shots, including three 3-pointers to build a 17-11 advantage early on. But just as they normally do, the depth on the U.S. team wore down the Opals.Delle Donne rallied the Americans scoring 11 points in the first quarter, hitting all four of her shots.The U.S. scored the first 13 points of the second quarter, including eight by Angel McCoughtry, to build the advantage to 41-25 that capped off a 30-8 burst.Australia wouldnt go away. Penny Taylor, who told the AP over the weekend that she was retiring after the WNBA season ends, and Leilani Mitchell got the Opals to 54-48 at the half.Taurasi took over in the third quarter. She got hot from the outside, hitting three 3-pointers during that 5-minute span to help the U.S. extend its lead to 77-58 and got the crowd of over 13,000 fans on their feet and chanting U-S-A. Australia, which won its first two games in the exhibition tournament, could never recover.Liz Cambage led Australia with 22 points despite being saddled by foul trouble. Mitchell finished with 18 points for Australia.They are the best team in the world for a reason, said Cambage, who played her first-game ever at MSG. We have some things we need to work on.The U.S. honored former Olympians Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Dawn Staley, Gail Marquis and Juliene Simpson. The national team stayed for the ceremony cheering on the former greats. Marquis and Simpson were on the 1976 team and Edwards, Leslie and Staley helped get this run of five straight gold medals started. After the former greats were introduced to the crowd, the current team ran over and hugged and high-fived them.The Americans have won 41 consecutive Olympic contests with the last loss coming in the 1992 semifinals. 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Badenhop was 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA in 63 relief appearances for Milwaukee this season. He is 18-20 in his career with three saves and a 3. THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- With a powerful defense leading an offense thats doing just enough to win, the Los Angeles Rams are off to a 3-1 start in their homecoming season.They arent blowing their own horns just yet, however.Coach Jeff Fisher mostly noticed the Rams problems Monday when he re-watched a gritty 17-13 victory in Arizona. Los Angeles is on just the third three-game winning streak in the past decade for a long-struggling franchise, but Fisher sees nobody getting happy on his unlikely first-place team.You have to take a hard look at it, and we did, Fisher said. We still have a lot of room for improvement offensively and defensively. Too many big plays (given up) defensively. Struggles versus the run. Lack of a run game offensively, and then an inability to go get points when we got around midfield. The players understand it. They were very receptive today about where we are.But the latest victory clearly was satisfying to Fisher because it came at the expense of the rival Cardinals, last seasons NFC West champions. The move from Missouri to California didnt make anyone forget that Arizona coach Bruce Arians has jabbed at the Rams in past seasons, calling them a team that is always 8-8 and that team we dont like.Fisher confirmed telling his players in the locker room that Sundays victory was an early Christmas present for the Cardinals (1-3), who will visit the Coliseum on New Years Day for a rematch in the regular season finale.I was complimenting the players. I wanted them to know what a big win it was, Fisher said dryly. Oftentimes, Coach Arians is complimenting his players from the same perspective, so we just wanted to let them know that this is a great win for us, so well see them after Christmas. Merry Christmas.And while praising the coaching staff of the Buffalo Bills, their next opponent, Fisher appeared to slip in a sly shot at the Cards.(Buffalo is) a well-coached team, Fisher said. They play good special teams. Theyre into special teams, unlike some of the other teams weve faced.Fisher didnt specify which teams, but the Cardinals have had a series of special-teams calamities this season. Los Angeles Tavon Austin returned ann Arizona punt 47 yards and drew a facemask penalty with 5:09 to play Sunday, putting the Rams in position for Brian Quicks go-ahead touchdown reception.ddddddddddddThe Rams special teams have been practically flawless during their first 3-1 start since 2006, and they have finished all three games with big defensive plays, including Trumaine Johnsons game-ending interception in the end zone in Arizona.Fisher sees those narrow escapes as reasons for concern, but also signs of improvement.Its not easy, but around the league, there are some good teams that dont have the same record we do, Fisher said. Finding ways to win at the end is very important. It carries you a long way.Fisher also has no concerns about Todd Gurley, who has 216 yards rushing in the Rams first four games. He sees overall flaws in the Rams running game, not in the Rookie of the Years approach.The line of scrimmage was full of Cardinals yesterday, and we knew that, Fisher said. Thats why we made our plays down the field. But were close. Hes healthy. Hes going good. Were just going to put a good plan together this week.The Bills (2-2) visit Sunday for the second of the Rams two games at the Coliseum over the first eight weeks of the NFL season. Even with so few opportunities to make a good impression on their home fans, theyve still got the town talking.Were looking forward to being home, said Fisher, whose team still must travel to Detroit and London this month. Its been a while.Game notes The Rams had no major postgame injury concerns, Fisher said. Backup RB Benny Cunningham felt much better after injuring his hamstring Sunday. ... Fisher praised the special-teams play of rookies Marqui Christian and Temarrick Hemingway. Christian, a fifth-round draft pick by Arizona this year, was waived by the Cardinals last week. What an experience for him from that standpoint, to have been on the other sideline last week and come over and have a chance to have an impact on special teams, Fisher said.---AP NFL websites: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '