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While Team USA men’s basketball is now behind the eight ball, they’re still a heavy favorite to advance to the knockout rounds of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
The American men fell 83-76 to France in the middle of the night Stateside, but the bigger favorite to win the gold medal was always the USA women. Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, and the rest of the team are -1100 to win their seventh straight Olympic championship, and they’ll kick off the campaign against Nigeria at 12:40 a.m. on Monday, July 26th.
Also keep an eye on a good one on the men’s side between Luka Doncic and Slovenia against Luis Scola and Argentina. Right now the Slovenians are a six-point favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Full Olympics basketball schedule for Monday, July 26th
9:00 p.m. ET (Sunday)
Women’s Preliminary Round, Group A: Republic of Korea vs. Spain
9:15 p.m. ET (Sunday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): Japan vs. China
9:40 p.m. ET (Sunday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): Mongolia vs. Romania
10:35 p.m. ET (Sunday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Belgium vs. China
11:00 p.m. ET (Sunday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Serbia vs. Japan
12:40 a.m ET (Monday)
Men’s Preliminary Round, Group C: Argentina vs. Slovenia
1:00 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): Romania vs. ROC
1:25 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): Italy vs. Japan
2:00 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Japan vs. ROC
2:25 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Latvia vs. Serbia
4:20 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Preliminary Round, Group A: Serbia vs. Canada
4:30 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): France vs. Mongolia
4:55 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): Italy vs. US
5:40 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Netherlands vs. Belgium
6:05 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Poland vs. China
8:00 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): US vs. China
8:25 a.m. ET (Monday)
Women’s Pool Round (3x3): France vs. ROC
9:00 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): ROC vs. Latvia
Men’s Preliminary Round, Group C: Japan vs. Spain
9:25 a.m. ET (Monday)
Men’s Pool Round (3x3): Netherlands vs. Poland