[Manu Ginobili]

LONDON -- Down to a precious fews days together, Argentina's "Golden Generation" still glows.

Luis Scola scored 17 points, Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino added 16 apiece and Argentina held on down the stretch for an 82-77 quarterfinal win over Brazil in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Wednesday, setting up a rematch with the U.S. in the semifinals.

Argentina lost to the Americans by 29 in the preliminary round finale.

But if the heavily favored U.S. defeats Australia in the late quarterfinal, the Argentines and Americans will meet in the semifinals for the third straight Olympics. Argentina won in 2004 at Athens, and the U.S. Redeem Team avenged that loss four years ago in Beijing on the way to winning gold.

For Scola, one of five leftovers from the beloved '04 team -- known fondly as "The Golden Generation" back home -- this is one last run at Olympic glory.

"We are getting older," said Scola, 32. "We know we don't have two more Olympics. We may not have one more. This is a special chance for us."

"We are going to play the Olympic semifinal for the third time in a row," Scola said. "That's pretty big for our country. I know some countries have done that in the past, but you've got to put it in perspective. This is Argentina. We've never done that before and this is the same group that did it the two other times, so it's emotional for us."

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[Manu Ginobili]

BEST LESSON WE LEARNED: The Argentines have a ton of pride. As they were clinching this win over Brazil, Nocioni sprinted over to Delfino and bear-hugged him like they just won the NBA title. After the game ended, the entire team celebrated, kept celebrating and finally led the Argentine fans into a couple more chants. It was pretty great. Don't sleep on this Argentina team. I'm telling you.

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Mikhail Prokhorov‏@Fake_Prokhorov

As Russian is no worst feeling than lose to weak Gasol brothers. Whole country is ashame.

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[Manu Ginobili]

Manu giving it his all. Lamas is stupid for taking him out, he must play the entire 40 minutes.

Kobe started on fire, but behind Delfino and an aggresive defense, we can call it a game losing by 7 with a half to go. This team will not go down quietly, it has too much heart for this not to be a competitive game.

[JamminJ21]

Lets go USA