A’ja Wilson scored 24 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help the U.S. beat Japan 102-76 in the Olympic opener for both teams [Video]

A’ja Wilson scored 24 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help the U.S. beat Japan 102-76 on Monday night in the Olympic opener for both teams.Related video above: The U.S. connection to France is hard to miss in ParisThe Americans now have a 56-game Olympic winning streak that dates to the 1992 Barcelona Games.The last of those victories before Monday also came against Japan when the two teams played for the gold medal in the Tokyo Games three years ago. The U.S. came away with a 90-75 win for its seventh straight gold medal.Now Monday’s victory tipped off the run to keep that streak going.Japan, which was severely undersized against the U.S., used its frenetic style of shooting 3s off drives to the basket to try and keep the game close.It worked for about 17 minutes as Japan only trailed 37-32 with 3:01 left before the half. The U.S. …