PARIS — It’s hard to quantify the greatest passing teams in basketball history — the Argentina men from the 2000s or perhaps the San Antonio Spurs from the mid 2010s have a case. But it is fair to say this version of the Team USA women, masters of the art, are among the candidates.

Watching the Americans execute offense and share the ball over the last two weeks in France has been somewhere between a clinic and an exhibition. The ball moves with an unselfishness, confidence and ease that belies the idea this team was relatively rushed together.

The display Friday night was brilliant and at the same time typical, as Team USA racked up 31 assists on their way to an 85-64 semifinal victory over Australia. The Americans, now winners of 60 consecutive Olympic games, will play for their eighth straight gold medal Sunday.

Breanna Stewart, whose ability to outrun almost everyone on the floor at all times earns her so many good looks, had another strong game with 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting with six rebounds and five assists. Her dominant frontcourt mate A’ja Wilson put in 10 points with eight rebounds.

Jackie Young, whose move into the starting lineup for the medal round has proven to be a shrewd move by coach Cheryl Reeve, had 14 more points. Kahleah Copper added 11 points off the bench.

The statisticians at the Olympics may be a tad friendly when it comes to charting the assists, but the U.S. are probably deserving of most of the ones in gray area with the way they share the ball.

The raw numbers showed the Americans had assists on 27 of their first 28 baskets, a number that is hard to fathom unless you see how Team USA cut and screen as they operate what can only be described as a beautiful brand of basketball.

In their five games so far at the Olympics, the Americans have assisted on 155 of 173 hoops. They are averaging 31 per game, their feel for where each other are going to be and their collective willingness to share the ball make it seem like they could run their offense in the dark.

Friday, there were five players on the U.S. squad who had at least three assists. By early in the fourth quarter, the lead touched 30 and it was time to prepare for the gold medal game.

Australia, which played nearly 32 minutes before getting to the foul line, relied on the 3-point shooting throughout the Olympics as their best weapon. But they went just 7-of-29 against the Team USA defense. The Aussies were led by 11 points from 19-year-old Isobel Borlase.