The four Lynx players on the USA women's basketball team wound up standing next to each other during a group photo on Wednesday night in Rio, right smack in the center of one of the most dominant Olympic teams ever.
The USA has won five straight gold medals and holds a 41-game winning streak entering the competition in Rio. The American's won-loss record in the Olympics overall is 58-3.
The men's and womens' teams arrived from Houston on Wednesday morning on the same charter flight. They headed to the ship where they're staying off the coast of Rio, then practiced and attended their introductory press conference.
Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen played as Lynx teammates on the 2012 gold medal winning team in London.
There are two changes to the Lynx contingent in Rio: Sylvia Fowles is on the team again but this time as a member of the Lynx; and Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is an assistant to Olympic head coach Geno Auriemma.
Reeve joked that Augustus has treated her like a rookie, telling her after to practice to ``grab the bags.''
The sense the players offered on Wednesday night was that they are quite comfortable with the USA's dominance and the pressure that may impose on them.
``This is the best-prepared and most anxious team as far as getting ready to play that I've ever had,'' Auriemma said.
