Olympic Basketball 2024: TV Schedule, Live Stream, Odds for USA and All Day 3 Games

Erik BeastonJuly 29, 2024

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Women’s basketball takes center stage Monday at the Olympics, with several teams kicking off their bids for a gold medal in Paris, including the United States.

The Americans, led by the likes of Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, Kelsey Plum, and A’Ja Wilson, enter the day as heavy favorites against Japan while the host country France will look to establish itself as a contender against Canada.

When will each team take to the court, what are the odds for those match-ups, and what can fans expect out of the American contingent.?

Find out with this preview.

TV Schedule

Nigeria (+220) vs. Australia (-298) (5:00 a.m)

Germany (+600) vs. Belgium (-900) (7:30 a.m.)

Canada (+425) vs. France (-575) (11:15 a.m)

United States (-3200) vs. Japan (+1400) (3:00 p.m.)

*All games streaming via Peacock and NBCOlympics.com

USA Women Kick Off Olympic Run

It would take a misstep of massive proportions or an act of an otherworldly being for the United States not to win Monday against Japan. Arguably the class of this tournament, the Americans are massive favorites against an outmatched Japanese team, and with good reason.

Wilson is arguably the best player in the world right now, averaging 27.2 points per game, 11.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.8 steals per game thus far in the 2024 WNBA season.

Stewart, the league’s reigning MVP, scored 31 in an exhibition loss to the WNBA team and tallied 10 rebounds while Plum expertly dished the ball to the tune of six assists.

The team will have the opportunity to iron out any concerns about the chemistry of the layers involved on Monday in France, against Japan, a team they do not necessarily have to be firing on all cylinders to defeat.

That will allow them to iron out any kinks that may exist or any chemistry that has yet to develop as the team pursues its seventh straight gold medal.

Head coach Cheryl Reeve is not worried about on-court chemistry, citing a recent practice where everything came together.

“I thought it was a practice that we needed. You don’t get many opportunities and I loved our approach. … There were a lot of intangibles that occurred in the practice that were great for us,” she told reporters.

Look for the players to prove their coach right with an emphatic victory and message to the basketball world Monday afternoon.

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