The United States men’s basketball team, with another star-studded veteran roster, is chasing a fifth gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Americans have won their first two games in Group C and will meet Puerto Rico on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. ET to wrap up group play. Regardless of that result, Team USA has already qualified for the quarterfinal round in Paris.
Most of the time, the Olympic men’s basketball tournament serves as a coronation for the United States. Team USA has taken gold in seven of the eight Olympics since NBA players were allowed to participate, and sure enough, they opened the 2024 games in Paris as heavy favorites to win gold yet again.
The Americans have posted lopsided wins over South Sudan and Serbia to open the tournament as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Bam Adebayo and others have starred for Team USA. But bigger challenges await.
The 2024 Olympic field hosts unquestionably the single strongest group of teams ever assembled for a single international tournament. The host nation of France, winners of silver in the past two Olympics, is led by veteran Rudy Gobert and first-timer Victor Wembanyama. Canada has the star guard duo of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray. Germany is the reigning World Cup winner.
Twelve teams are participating in the tournament. They’ve been divided into three groups, and the four teams in each group will play one another once each. The top two teams from each group will advance, along with two wildcard teams. From there, it’s a single-elimination tournament. One bad shooting night, one questionable decision, or one bad whistle can send you home.
Below, we’ll help you keep up with men’s basketball at the 2024 Olympics with up-to-date standings and schedules.
All times U.S./Eastern
Standings
Group stage scores & schedule
All times Eastern
Saturday, July 27
Australia 92, Spain 80
Germany 97, Japan 77
France 78, Brazil 66
Canada 86, Canada 79
Sunday, July 28
South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79
USA 110, Serbia 84
Tuesday, July 30
Spain 84, Greece 77
Canada 93, Australia 83
France 94, Japan 90 (OT)
Germany 86, Brazil 73
Wednesday, July 31
Serbia 107, Puerto Rico 66
USA 103, South Sudan 86
Friday, Aug. 2
Brazil 102, Japan 84
Greece 77, Australia 71
Canada vs. Spain, 11:15 a.m. (Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
France vs. Germany, 3:50 p.m. (E Channel, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Saturday, Aug. 3
Puerto Rico vs. USA, 11:15 a.m. (NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Serbia vs. South Sudan, 3 p.m. (CNBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, Aug. 6
Teams TBD, 5 a.m. (E Channel, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Teams TBD, 8:30 a.m. (USA, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Teams TBD, noon (Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Teams TBD, 3:30 p.m. (USA, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Semifinals
Thursday, Aug. 8
TBD vs. TBD, 11:30 a.m. (USA, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. (USA, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Bronze medal match
Saturday, Aug. 10
Loser of semifinal 1 vs. Loser of semifinal 2, 5 a.m. (USA, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
Gold medal match
Saturday, Aug. 10
Winner of semifinal 1 vs. Winner of semifinal 2, 3:30 p.m. (NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com)
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